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PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF SCHEAR (BUSH); BILLY ROOD (HENSON); KAYAK CHICAGO (KAYAK) Follow me on Twitter at @JP_ Anderson and at michiganavemag.com. // this issue // ON MY R ADAR There's no place like Chicago when the sun is shining. Here's where you'll fi nd me as the city enters its prime time of the year. 1. Getting my architecture fi x in Oak Park at the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust's annual Wright Plus Housewalk on May 16. 2. Digging into the smoky, grilled, house-made sausages at the Loews Hotel's new meat-centric Argentine hot spot, José Garces' Rural Society. 3. Taking to the water and paddling through the city on a river tour with Kayak Chicago. A SERIOUS SWEET TOOTH RUNS IN MY FAMILY—by the time I was 5, I had become expert at sniffing out the Twinkies, Ho Hos, and Little Debbie snack cakes that my mother kept hidden around the house. It was candy, though, that intrigued me most: penny candies paid for with my dollar allowance; Twizzlers devoured rope after rope during Saturday movie matinees; super-tart Lemonheads made by Chicago's Ferrara Candy Company, sucked down to their hard candy center; and Whatchamacallit bars chewed while sitting on a felled oak tree by the Fox River near our house. Whether it was my youthful innocence or simply the sugar rush, at that time of my life each of those candies meant absolute pleasure. It's no surprise to me, then, that our cover star, Dylan Lauren, has had such success with her sweets concept, Dylan's Candy Bar. Leave it to the daughter of American style icon Ralph Lauren to reinvent the candy store for a sophisticated adult audience—and reinvent it she has, with pops of color, stylish spaces, and just enough nostalgia to inspire childlike glee in even the most jaded urbanites. As Lauren celebrates the grand opening of her first Chicago store in May, we're excited to welcome her to Michigan Avenue and to feature her on the cover of our second annual Women of Influence issue. Lauren is in good company, as inspiring stories of powerful, successful Chicago women fill these pages: ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore; TV and Goodman Theatre dynamo Regina Taylor; award-winning author Christine Sneed; and, in particular, the nine incredible subjects of our "Fearless Leaders" feature, each forging new terri- tory in fields ranging from education to architecture to interior design. From start to finish, it's an amazing lineup—and from my perspective, there's no sweeter way to kick off the start of high season in the Windy City. 1 2 3 J.P. ANDERSON Hiya, Sophia! Publisher Dan Uslan and I had a blast with the lovely cover star of our Late Spring issue, Sophia Bush of Chicago P.D., at our fête in her honor at The Godfrey Hotel (LEFT); and PR goddess Kathleen Henson and I gave our best "Blue Steels" during the photo shoot for our "Fearless Leaders" story on Chicago's most influential women. 20 MICHIGANAVEMAG.COM LETTER from the Editor-in-Chief