April 18, 2008
Fear and Loathing on Golden Hill
Fear and Loathing on Golden Hill is a small blog with a big voice. It typically covers topics that are most relevant to locals but in a way that will appeal to a much greater audience. Community gardens, political squabbling and stupidness in neighborhood bureaucracy are among the chatty posts. Despite the blog’s name, it is not fearful at all and touches on some risque subjects others might avoid. It’s refreshing and frank.
I especially liked the post Getting Your Jollies on in District 3, a little bit of light commentary on the John Hartley fiasco with a really great picture to boot. Kermit for Council!
A Chasm Opens in the GH Community Garden is a post that I found touching and typical. Oh, I’m as passionate about community gardens as any neighborhood activist, but I just don’t get the power struggle that inevitably ensues with projects like this. Good lord, plant your beans people and leave poor Heidi be.
Golden Hill has a pretty lively and progressive community development corporation. Building a Community (book club) is a post about the organization of like minded, coffee drinking locals driven by a desire to improve their neighborhood, one slow read at a time.
There are so many engaging and entertaining things to read about at Fear and Loathing. I urge you to check it out and let Ben know his friends at Sweet Digs say hey. Keep writing Ben, we’ll keep watching!
Recent San Diego Sweet Digs Posts:
Tragedy, Triumph, Tides: What Wikipedia Has to Say About San Diego
The American Dream - Remembered
The $6,000 Chair: Seller Knows Best?
