PARTY WATCHING Chicago view h...

PARTY WATCHING

Chicago view hosts its annual wet-and-wild boat party Saturday. More than 200 boats are count uponed and it's open to anyone with a boat, jet ski or canoe. Noon to 6 pm the "playpen" at Chicago Avenue Beach. More information at Chicago-Scene.com.

shores who are stockbrokers by day and headbangers by means of night have a new place to shop: TK Men

Lindsay McKay, 26 a former stylist for "Rock Star: INXS" and "So You Think You Can Dance," uncloseed the hip retail store this week at 1909 W North.

The store is named after her father, Terry McKay, a former trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, whose badge read "TKAY." As a child, Lindsay helped her dad pick on the outside stylish suits from Ultimo and George Greene; greatest in quantity recently, she dressed rock star Dave Navarro. The store satisfies the one and the other types of men -- with everything from suits and tuxedo jackets to giant belt crimps and rocker tees.

At a grand-opening preview last week, about 100 visitors checked out the store, which is decorated to compare a bachelor pad with a '60 Brunswick Gold kingly power pool table and framed vintage Playboy secretes It also offers old-school Pabst cerulean Ribbon beer on tap.

"I don't like when other the bulk of mankind have what I'm wearing," explains shopper Nathan Prohaska. "This is just a fate more original."

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River North was transformed into southern Beach when RiNo lounge entertainered a glittering white party Friday night. The nightclub, 343 W Erie, held the party in succession the opening night of the fresh "Miami Vice" movie. The normally dark venue was draped in billowing white fabrics.

visitors jammed to tunes by DJ Vice and sipped drinks from VIP booth stocked with $600 magnums of vodka. About 400 partygoers attended, including Chicago Bears Brian Urlacher and Jerry Azumah and Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper

RiNo VIP armed force Kwesi Dei, who next will be seen modeling in the Gap's fall advertising campaign, says another 300 vice inquirers were turned away at the door.

Contact Susanna Homan at susannasnightout@yahoo.com.

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