SAN DIEGO -- Several dozen community members gathered at The San Diego LGBT Community Center Thursday evening to hear the Hillcrest Business Association's (HBA) plans for the base of the Hillcrest Pride Flag.

The flag pole, which was installed last July, has swiftly become an important community landmark and HBA sought community input at the meeting as it begins work on Phase 2 of the project, which will include a LGBT historical monument at the base of the pole.

SAN DIEGO -- Girl, break in those heels! The Amazing High Heel Race is coming back into Hillcrest for it's third annual appearance on Saturday, June 15.

High-heel clad individuals will race through Hillcrest during the scavenger-hunt type event to raise funds for the continued maintenance of the Hillcrest Pride Flag.

During the race, teams will complete a numbers of "tasks" - which will be "mostly" PG-13 rated - that will take them on a journey throughout the neighborhood. At the conclusion of the race, participants will gather at Gossip Grill for an awards celebration and party.

Happy New Year everyone!

Now that 2012 is in the books, I thought it might be a good idea to reflect, take a look back and count down the Top 5 most popular Out & About columns from last year, based on the number of Internet “hits” they got. Starting with …

Number 5: “Huge gay guide to Halloween happenings”

(This editorial was originally published HERE in SDGLN media partner Gay San Diego.)

Election season 2012 is finally over. Not only are we finally done with all the campaign and pollster calls, the mailers, the emails and the debates, we are also done with the extreme nastiness that was the Presidential campaign season.