See this sexy sweet man? I had the unbelievable opportunity to meet him after the Black and Blue concert in Cleveland OH on September 19, 2001. It was 4 days after my 21st birthday ( thank God) at a fabulous club called the Velvet Dog ( hence the name of this website) So here is the story of that wonderful night :
Ok so my friends Rhonda and Katrina and I headed to Cleveland OH , and if I remember correctly we skipped a few classes that day to do so :) Anyway we arrive at our hotel, order some Domino's ( it's a tradition when we are in Cleveland) and watch the movie X-Men before getting ready to go to the concert. Of course we got ready extraordinarily early cause we were so excited that we were finally going to see them again! Especially AJ since he returned. I'm so proud of him!!! Anyways, we got to the venue, saw our seats and then went to spend a ridiculous amount of money on merchandise. The only disappointing moment of this evening was when I found out they didn't have the sweatshirt...dammit! Ok so we get our merchandise and as were standing there examining our purchases, this cute guy wearing a fox racing shirt approaches us and hands us flyers from Kiss Fm in Cleveland and asks us if we would like to attend the after party!!! So I'm flipping out and I read at the bottom where it says " Have a chance to meet Backstreet Boy Howie D!" Well that was it for me, I was officially flipping out. We get back to our seats and I cannot stop saying " Oh My God, what if I meet him tonight? What will I do?" So I didn't shutup about that until the boys came on and then i concentrated on taking pics, using the binocs to see them and screaming and singing of course! The show was awesome, especially the National Anthem and Drowning. People started leaving before Drowning and my friends and I kept yelling "you're going to miss the best song ever!!!" So as soon as that incredible song is over we run, and I mean RUN out of there while stopping briefly to ask people where the hell the Velvet Dog is. It was funny cause it's a weird name for a club and I felt weird but finally we got an answer from a female cop who was directing traffic as we were leaving. For some reason I thought it would be packed by the time we got there, but it SO wasn't. It was easy to find, we got there in close to 5 min. We got there around 10:30 I think and I don't think the Howie even showed up till 11:00 or 12. So the club was very cool, great dance music and good drinks. So then we see this big group of people gather at the door and people are yelling that Howie is here and then some lady yells " AND NICK CARTER IS WITH HIM!" OMG we were like YESSSSSSSS hehe. Nick is one hot mo fo. Anyway, so then people start heading upstairs to the second floor. Well after fighting our way up there, we saw no sign of them. We found out later that they had been brought in the back way downstairs and went to the dj booth there first. Ok so we're standing by the door upstairs when we here Howie's voice " HELLOOOO" OMG I turned around and we bolted to the booth. Now let me first say that Howie and Nick are so incredibly gorgeous in person. So people are flipping out, Nick and Howie are signing autographs and I'm waving my Caroline Lupus bear like crazy in the air. Howie looks over and smiles at me and I flip out. He is precious. So the DJ starts playing "Purple Pills" from D12 and Nick goes crazy, flinging his arms in the air and dancing, it was very amusing. He was also holding a Corona which my friend Katrina said he was working magic with his tongue on the bottle head.... ;) So then they start heading towards the floor and their bodyguards rush them through the crowd ( which by the way had a lot of guys in it ) So Howie rushes by really fast and then....NICK CARTER walked right in front of us. All 3 of us throw our arms out and slide our hands down his arm....OMG he is so HOT! Then we start screaming, "We touched NICK FUCKING CARTER! It was really funny. So we're spent from all of that and hang out at the club trying to make our way up to the 3rd floor private party the rest of the night... this includes Rhonda's trip up the back stairs where we got stopped by some 12 yr old bodyguard...we soooo could have taken him...So, we dance and then leave the club around 2 or 2:30 when the club closed. We head back to the hotel to get changed ( we were still in our concert clothes) and then go back to the club around 3:30 when they were rumored to be leaving. We pull up to the club and can see that the party is wrapping up. My friend Katrina pulls out the Binoculars and tries to see what is going on...(omg it's so funny, stalkers!!!) So we get out of the car when we see the hotel shuttle pull into the alley next to the club. We hear a few people screaming and I look down the alley, and there he is....Nick Gene Carter... (Continued on next page!) |
