Michou is a
personality, always dressed in blue. You have a great chance meeting him in or
on the terrace of one of his favourite bars during a stroll around Montmartre,
his “kingdom”.
Michou, now
82 (almost 83), has been running a successful drag queen cabaret in Montmartre
since some 50 years. Last weekend, the City of Paris had organised some festivities
in his honour.
People who were there to celebrate him were of course asked to wear something blue (I had a blue scarf).
The
official meeting place was in the little park, Square Jean-Rictus, where you
can find the “I-love-you”-wall (see previous post)…
… but you
could also (of course) find him in some of the neighbour bars.
A special
look on his car, the now probably 60 years’ old Citroën, nicely decorated.
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11 comments:
Wonderful! Love this story and your photographs, Peter. He sure doesn't look 82!
Michou est une institution parisienne à lui tout seul.
La couleur bleue conserve bien, je trouve.
I remember that the "I Love You" wall was the first thing you showed us after Rick and I left the metro! He's in good shape. You know, that's what I love about Paris. You just wouldn't see people in most of America celebrating a guy who ran a drag queen cabaret for 50 years. Maybe NY or San Francisco, but overall, there would be conservative picketers. That's pretty neat.
he looks like a fun guy and sure wears his age well!!
Michou is very much appreciated in Montmartre. Once a month, he organizes e free "diner-spectacle" (dinner and show) for the elderly people of the Butte-Montmartre.
Sacré Peter ! Une cicatrice bleue et ton plus joli sourire ! C'est pour cela que tu as pu t'approcher aussi près... J'ai lu un reportage sur l'événement dans "le Parisien" : les gens étaient désappointés de ne rien pouvoir voir à cause de la foule.
Bandes de Schtroumpfs! :-)))
Le bleu ne me va pas très bien à mon teint.
Je suis allée dans son cabaret il y a quelques années, Il m'a dit que sa maman était enterrée dans la Somme à Ailly, près d'où habite toute la famille de Michel, Il est très sympathique, c'est un gars du NORD
!!
J'espere que Michou continuera a eclairer les journees et soirees parisiennes, cela met de l'ambiance.
Luv that guy and that "happy" shade of blue!
Luv his hair too...
Thanks, Peter.
Maria
And what shade of blue was that scarf you wore, M. Peter? The shade of your eyes, perhaps? :o)
Greetings from my tropical paradise.
I see it's stil cold in that fabled city!
María
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