Forbes trotted out a "Most Toxic" survey, and proudly crowned Atlanta the Queen of Dirty, with Detroit coming in as runner up (can they ever be the best at anything?), and Houston, Chicago, and Philly rounding out the top five. And by "toxic" they don't mean backstabbing and trash talking, so unfortunately they're not referencing NeNe, Kim, Lisa, Kandi, or Sheree. Instead, the survey focuses on air quality and the amount of toxic chemicals released into the water and air in the metro areas. Atlanta takes the top spot because of its dirty immediate neighbors -- Forbes is quick to point the finger at Sandy Springs (holla Sheree!) and Marietta.

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was transferring onto trucks -- those oversized vehicles meant for transporting cargo like furniture and sex slaves -- the qualities of gourmet eateries. There's a new generation of trucks roaming the streets and hugging the curbs of America, dishing out culinary configurations normally reserved for gourmet eateries. Take for example New York's very own NYC Cravings, a shifty little bugger that buzzes around the city selling their special brand of Taiwanese fried chicken to the hungry masses, or the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, which serves up more innovate takes on the classic treat (wasabi-dusted softies!) ) than most storefront parlors. Those two, along with nine others, will be duking it out this weekend at the Vendy Awards in Queens, where New York's next-gen street merchants do battle for culinary superiority. But no matter how celebrated and plentiful New York's food trucks may be, there's an unassuming metropolis on the other end of the U.S. who is the lucky beneficiary of three food trucks that are pushing the mobile munchies limits, and could probably roll right through the five boroughs and cook the competition. Welcome to Seattle.

● Plum (Capitol Hill) - Cap Hill vegan heaven for meatless food junkies and creative calorie-watchers,
● Cupcake Royale (Capitol Hill) - Contemporary cake shop on Pike putting mere pastries in the past.

This week's end also marks the end of another week -- National Art Hate Week. Schemed up by English artist/Tracey Emin ex Billy Childish for some abstract pseudo-existential reason that no one, perhaps even Childish himself, can pinpoint, perhaps National Art Hate Week came at a serendipitous time, to commemorate the death of Dash Snow, a passing that has inspired probably some niches to develop at least a distaste for art until their next multimedia messiah floats down. So let's cast away the curmudgeonly ghost of Stuckist past and figure out who's showing what and where.

Lest you think Ronald McDonald is a benevolent jester who just wants you to have a happy meal, know that he's just the guise in which an evil empire disguises itself to appeal to the kiddies. Just ask actor, health nut, and Box partner Josh Lucas, who was basically strong-armed by Ronald and his goons out of offering up a healthy alternative to McDonald's gunk. Mighty's was to be the actor's gift to us ordinary folk who can't afford to eat organic all the time. But when prices got too high, and Ronald reared his grotesque head, Lucas' dream basically died.

● Bastille (Ballard) - Big, beautiful French resto is the biggest opening in Ballard -- maybe biggest in town.
● Blue Bird (Capitol Hill) - Cap Hill ice cream shop branches out to everyone, basically succeeds.

● Fainting Goat (Wallingford) - Knock-you-out quality gelato; no idea where the whole "goat" thing comes from.
● Tangerine (Green Lake) - Terrific Thai in Greenwood. Look for the garage door.

Today is a good day for buying a plane ticket. JetBlue has a one-day sale going on, with $29 flights (each way) from Burbank and Long Beach to Las Vegas and San Francisco. That's cheaper than bargain-basement carrier Southwest. With taxes and fees, your round-trip flight will set you back $79.

● Homegrown Sandwiches (Fremont) - Organic, sustainable, locavore sandwich shop is going to outlast us all.

Boat owners around the country are beaching, sinking, and otherwise ditching their pricey vessels as the economic crisis continues to grow. With the secondhand market overwhelmed with offers, even owners with wholly owned boats are sanding off registration numbers and casually beaching their boats during low tide. Some are a little craftier about their plans, drilling holes in their boats in an attempt to collect insurance money after the boat sinks. This hasn't worked out too well for Brian A. Lewis of Seattle, who sank his boat Jubilee in Puget Sound.