Imagine a tall, big-haired, redheaded drag queen — wearing loads of makeup and with a great pair of legs — walking down the streets of Lake View.

OK, so maybe that’s not so unusual in a neighborhood nicknamed Boystown. But if you happen to spot a queen that looks like the picture in this column, be sure to say hey to Dixie Longate.

Dixie is living in Lake View as she dishes out naughty fun in Lincoln Park as star of Dixie’s Tupperware Party, which has been extended through June 12 at the Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted St.

“Who else at a Tupperware party gets to do what we do?” asked the Alabama-born Dixie, who serves up some trashy southern hospitality with heaping helpings of jokes, snorts, audience interaction and witty improvisation — along with actually selling the containers.

“I like making everybody smile and giggle,” said Dixie in an interview, who packed up her catalogs and left her kids in an Alabama trailer park to journey across America. “It gives me a warm tickle inside.”

Once upon a time, a girl’s night out for me meant hitting Rush Street, partying and dancing ’til the wee hours of the morning. Hard to believe that these days I’m hitting Tupperware parties with the girls. But then again, we’ve never been to a party quite like Dixie’s.

“It’s the original social network,” Dixie said of Tupperware parties, which she started holding almost a decade ago after a “couple jobs here and there and a run in or two” with the law. “People got together and relied on people for a party.

“I’m having a ball,” she said. “It’s so fun and neighborly.”

Dixie said one of her biggest Chicago highlights has been a trip to Ann Sather on Belmont Avenue, for some of those famous cinnamon rolls. “Oh my Lord, I have never stuck anything so big and gooey in my mouth,” she quipped, southern drawl intact.

You wouldn’t want to bring the little ones, but Dixie’s calling on all ladies, men, homosexuals, etc. to “come on out and have a nice warm chuckle.”

“There’s nothing that makes my heart as happy as that,” she said.

Congrats to… Gene Fisher, recently elected to his 12th consecutive term as executive director of the Diversey Harbor Lakeview Association; Lake Viewer Danny Goldring and the Beverly Ridge Pictures fellows, whose locally-shot gangster film, Chicago Overcoat, is now available on DVD; Lincoln Park High School students Celeste Jacobs (10th grade), and Sarai Chavez (12th grade), grand prize winners in the Chicago Public Schools’ Black History Month Essay Competition.

Flower Power… Near North Sider Jerry Pritikin reports that yellow flower petals on the sidewalk recently welcomed him into a new flower shop, Christine Noelle Design at 106 W. Oak St.

“Their unique floral studio is a welcome addition for this end of West Oak Street,” said Pritikin, an original Bleacher Bum. “It is housed on the ground floor of a six-story, vintage red brick building. Large plate glass windows brighten the interior and the classic high-ceiling adds to the ambiance. I recall going to a beatnik party in that building in the late 1950s — bongo drums, Chianti wine and students from the Art Institute.”

Face it… There are many dedicated Chicago cops, firemen and Streets and Sani workers out there, and Massage Envy is inviting five people from each of those city departments for a complimentary facial as thanks for their hard work. The most compelling stories of hard work and dedication, submitted via email to lwiker@heronpr.com or mailed to Noreen Heron & Associates, Inc., 1528 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614, will receive the treat. Hurry, the deadline is May 2.