Welcome to September, August's almost-as-hot little brother. But before we let go of last month, one last, lingering look at what you read the most of at Creative Loafing. As usual, you lapped up the arts coverage, and you also didn't kick our sex columnist out of your bed (who would, really? Email her your questions here). You apparently love Halloween as much as we do, and you also liked reading about… Gary Sandy?

Hey, you do you.

10. Here's how Derek Donnelly's jazzing up the Sirata with murals on St. Pete Beach

9. Tampa Bay Fresh Fest — led by Mark Stevens and Eric Hornsby — will pay artists to paint murals in one Tampa neighborhood

8. Michael Murphy incubates Tampa artists and actors at Ybor's Silver Meteor Gallery

7. Dear Roxxie: I want to have sex but my boyfriend wants to cuddle

6. Tampa Theatre announces Nightmare on Franklin Street Halloween movie lineup

5. Don't touch that dial: A new 'radio' role for Gary Sandy of WKRP

4. Paranormal Cirque offers different cirque experience in Tampa Bay, but doesn't quite slay

3. Tampa's Blake High School's magnet program breeds talent, collaborates with Stageworks in 2019

2. 7 questions with Poppy Drayton and Will Moseley, stars of live-action The Little Mermaid

1. St. Petersburg mural festival SHINEs brighter with first-ever title sponsor

This article appears in Aug 30 – Sep 6, 2018.