SAN DIEGO -- Hillcrest will be full of GREEN this weekend with St. Patrick's Day taking place on Sunday. In celebration of the holiday, SDPIX will present "The Green Party" at 1202 nightclub on Saturday, March 16.

The event will feature music by DJ Dawna Montell and a chance to win $500 in cash and prizes in a green costume contest.

I have always loved a good parade. I grew up in New York and had the good fortune of watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade every year. It was a family tradition for us. We saw it in person at least once, but always watched it on TV while dinner was cooking.

Somebody pinch me! St. Patrick's Day is this coming Saturday, so here's a brief list of some of the green-themed events coming up this weekend:

SDPIX presents Get Lucky at Eden

"St. Patrick's Day might be the day that you Get Lucky! SDPIX and Eden will present a special St. Patrick's Day party featuring DJ Von Kiss. Dance, drink, and celebrate the luck of the Irish at Hillcrest's biggest St. Patty's Day bash - you might just find your own pot of gold!

Irish and African-American LGBTQ communities share a lot in common when it comes to being excluded from iconic institutions in their communities.

For LGBTQ African-Americans, it's the black church, and for LGBTQ Irish, it's the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

St. Patrick's Day has rolled around again, and like previous March 17 celebrations nationwide, its LGBTQ communities are not invited. As a contentious and protracted argument for now over two decades, parade officials have a difficult time grasping the notion that being Irish and gay is also part of their heritage.