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John McIntyre’s horoscope for editors:

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)—Your boss will beckon you into his office. Before you go, make sure that you have enough cartons at your desk to hold your personal effects.

L.A. Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne on the Gold Line Eastside Extension:

More transit means more pedestrians, more people who pay attention to the shape and design of the city up close. That, in turn, means a growing constituency for shared space in Los Angeles and new interest in our long-neglected streetscapes and public sphere.

To put it another way: Transit and the life of the street are inextricably intertwined, and a boost to one is almost always a boost to the other.

At the same time, as trains trace new paths across the city, some of the divisions that for generations have made Los Angeles a balkanized collection of neighborhoods may begin to wobble or fall away.

In honor of the Gold Line Eastside Extension, set to open Sunday, the L.A. Times rounds up the best food along the six-mile route from Little Tokyo to East L.A.

From the New Yorker archives: A 1986 profile by Calvin Trillin of Edna Buchanan, the Miami Herald crime reporter known for her unwavering determination and punchy writing style. In a story about a rowdy ex-con who punched a cashier at a fried-chicken joint and was shot to death by a security guard, Buchanan wrote a now-famous lead: “Gary Robinson died hungry.”

The profile is, to borrow a phrase from Buchanan, “interesting as heck.”

A great fall cocktail that’s worth the trouble. Don’t let the color deter you, fellas.