I hung out at the Eko Hotel for a bit today. When we got there, we found the lobby filled with a lot of young people. My friend and I wondered what was going on. Anyway, we kept on moving to the poolside, where we sat for close to an hour with me in delicious-hot-chocolate nirvana (it is very hard to find hot chocolate in Lagos made the way I like it i.e. creamy, sweet and frothy).
Sometime after we sat down, it occured to me that the stars performing in This Day's Independence concert were probably staying at the Eko Hotel after all it is probably the best and well-known hotel in Lagos. When we were getting ready to pay and leave, we heard a lot of screaming coming from the lobby. My friend and I joked that Beyonce and Jay-Z were probably passing through the lobby. We were silent for a while as we realised that it could possibly be true. In that instant we both hurriedly packed up our stuff and walked as fast as we could towards the lobby (you know, in that walk-fast-while-trying-not-to-run way). Of course, by the time we got to the lobby there was no one to be seen, just excited teenagers peering into their camera phones. I heard someone say something about Missy.
As we walked to my car, my friend wondered why we should care if a celebrity was in the vicinity or not.
"Well, I guess because they are on TV" she offered. "And they appear so glamorous" I added. I felt quite ashamed that I should care at all. I mean what has Beyonce done for me lately?
4 comments:
she's danced her ass off in the Deja Vu video.
LOL! Yes, let's not forget about that important contribution to my life.
I heard they are in town for some kinda concert this weekend. Beyonce performed somewhere in Lagos last night and Jay Z is on his world tour. Don't ask me how I know....or if it even matters---i just thought it was cool that they were landing in Naija to help celebrate independence day.
It's just human nature to scream when we see a celeb. Sad but true.
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