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Thank you for reading. Now without any ado, our top seven stories of the last month:

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1 The Dating Life of a PETA Activist

Maybe if I looked her, it’d be easier. Read more…

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Michael Bergin’s architectural review of 201 Twenty-One, which “in theory, with all of the amenities, great location, fancy renderings and exciting program for this project, I should love. But in execution it just feels like I’m walking through a B-movie set. It seems fake.” Read more…

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3 Grading Foreman Field

The Hampton Roads area is going to be eager to declare big-time football at ODU a failure or a success. Let’s start with the stadium. Read more…

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4  The Cupcake Renaissance

Talking to Just Cupcakes owner Carla Peay Hesseltine about why cupcakes are the perfect food. Read more…

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5 Two Post-Break-up Pitfalls: Drunk Texting and Cogan’s Pizza

In his latest installment of “Reinventing Norfolk,” Jerome Spencer blames the holier-than-thou-tattoo’ed-hipster-elite of Cogan’s Pizza (and its Megatouch) for him sending a bad drunk text. Read more…

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6 Peace of Mind in One Little Pill

Hannah Serrano makes the more-complicated-than-you’d-think decision to go on The Pill.

Read more…

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7 Light Rail: No Stopping It Now

Last Wednesday we Walked The Tide, hoping to get more clarity as to how light rail may or may not fare. We can debate all we like, but at this point there’s no stopping The Tide from coming. Read more…

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We kind of slacked, as you can see, since this was intended to be a weekly newsletter. But we’re getting on it. What have we been doing that’s been keeping us so busy? Well, apart from expanding our editorial with stories like these…

• We’ve improved the site in many ways, for instance, removing the registration function to make commenting easier. (The “discussions” have already begun, and some have been…well, a little heated…)
• In our featured artist gallery we have exhibited works by several talented local artists, including Dave MacDowell, Stuntkid and davmo, whose work is currently on view at CAC.
• We’ve forged growing partnerships with sponsors new and old:
  • TReehouse Magazine, with whom we share special featured content.
  • ODU Lit Fest, which we will be covering in depth next week with exclusive interviews and previews.
  • The Muse, our co-sponsor for our literary contest. The current one calls for creative nonfiction essays and will be guest judged by bestselling author Janine Latus. Click here for details. Also, AltDaily co-editor Jesse Scaccia will be teaching a fall class at The Muse in (what else?) Writing about Local Culture. Click here to register.
  • NARO Expanded Cinema, whose FirstLook Film Forum has just begun.
• And as always we’ve been hooked on our Facebook. Add us and get all our headlines (plus hilarious video clips and random thoughts) streamed to your friend feed.

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