Friends and family celebrated our marriage with us in the heart of New Orleans, BJ's Lounge in the Bywater!!!
Captain Lee officiated at BJ's, Saturday afternoon December 29, 2012. We appreciate everyone's participation, from those who joined us from New York City, Boston, Washington DC, St. Louis, Oaxaca, Fort Worth, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and Lafayette to New Orleans!
While the Ritz Carlton was home base, we enjoyed French food at Degas Cafe on Esplanade, Cajun at Elizabeth's in the Bywater, beignets and chicory coffee at Cafe Du Monde, Brennan's for their famous brunch, and Commander's Palace for jazz brunch. We found our personal treasure in a painting of El Arbol de la Vida at Mina and Berta's Antiquities Gallery on Magazine Street. Of course, our favorite home away from home-BJ's Lounge Bywater is calling us back for more Guitar Slim, Jr. and Little Freddie King.
Captain Lee officiated at BJ's, Saturday afternoon December 29, 2012. We appreciate everyone's participation, from those who joined us from New York City, Boston, Washington DC, St. Louis, Oaxaca, Fort Worth, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and Lafayette to New Orleans!
While the Ritz Carlton was home base, we enjoyed French food at Degas Cafe on Esplanade, Cajun at Elizabeth's in the Bywater, beignets and chicory coffee at Cafe Du Monde, Brennan's for their famous brunch, and Commander's Palace for jazz brunch. We found our personal treasure in a painting of El Arbol de la Vida at Mina and Berta's Antiquities Gallery on Magazine Street. Of course, our favorite home away from home-BJ's Lounge Bywater is calling us back for more Guitar Slim, Jr. and Little Freddie King.
BJ's Lounge in the Bywater
4301 Burgundy (at Lesseps)
New Orleans, LA 70117 Scroll down... |
Music By: Guitar Slim Jr. at BJ's |
Catered by: Mr. Okra |
The Right Reverend Pirate Captain John Lee
Captain John Lee, highly decorated Captain in the Green Berets, will be with us officiating
the New Orleans marriage of Pamela and Javier.
After serving his country courageously, Captain Lee began a distinguished financial career under the tutelage of Ross Perot. John served the investment and financial planning needs of educators, small business owners and other individuals for over four decades, retiring as Managing Director of USA Financial Group, Dallas.
Mentor and cherished friend, Captain Lee has been close to Pam and Javier from the
start, going on three decades now. Today John is our Right Reverend.
Email: [email protected]
the New Orleans marriage of Pamela and Javier.
After serving his country courageously, Captain Lee began a distinguished financial career under the tutelage of Ross Perot. John served the investment and financial planning needs of educators, small business owners and other individuals for over four decades, retiring as Managing Director of USA Financial Group, Dallas.
Mentor and cherished friend, Captain Lee has been close to Pam and Javier from the
start, going on three decades now. Today John is our Right Reverend.
Email: [email protected]
Poet Lee Meitzen Grue
Lee Meitzen Grue, critically acclaimed New Orleans poet and fiction writer, and owner with son Teal of BJ's Lounge in the Bywater, will read from her poetry in celebration of the marriage of Pamela and Javier.
Lee is the the founder of The New Orleans Poetry Forum and The First Backyard Poetry Theater and is long time editor of The New Laurel Review. The recipient
of an NEA Fellowship, prizes in poetry and fiction from Deep South Writers, The Associated Writing Programs, and a PEN Syndicated Fiction Prize, Lee has taught at Westminster College, Xavier University, and Tulane University. As a leading member of The Quorum
Club, Lee was instrumental in integrating the French Quarter at their legendary coffee shop during the sixties. There she began doing jazz and poetry together, along with jazz great Eluard Burt, releasing Live! On Frenchman Street.
Lee’s latest book of poetry, Downtown, celebrates post Katrina in the oldest neighborhoods of New Orleans: Treme, the French Quarter, Faubourg Marigny, the Bywater and the Lower Ninth Ward.
www.leegrue.com
Lee is the the founder of The New Orleans Poetry Forum and The First Backyard Poetry Theater and is long time editor of The New Laurel Review. The recipient
of an NEA Fellowship, prizes in poetry and fiction from Deep South Writers, The Associated Writing Programs, and a PEN Syndicated Fiction Prize, Lee has taught at Westminster College, Xavier University, and Tulane University. As a leading member of The Quorum
Club, Lee was instrumental in integrating the French Quarter at their legendary coffee shop during the sixties. There she began doing jazz and poetry together, along with jazz great Eluard Burt, releasing Live! On Frenchman Street.
Lee’s latest book of poetry, Downtown, celebrates post Katrina in the oldest neighborhoods of New Orleans: Treme, the French Quarter, Faubourg Marigny, the Bywater and the Lower Ninth Ward.
www.leegrue.com
Artist and Voodoo Priestess Reji Thomas
Full time artist, part time voodoo priestess, East Austin art activist Reji Thomas, led the entourage. A glorious new original painting provided the bride's wedding costume. What else, but a Reji Thomas painting! Reji has been a grand source of inspiration for Pamela and Javier. Many thanks!
From the glasswork throughout the Texas State Capitol, to the collections of Ann Richards, Barbara Jordan, B.B. King, The University of Texas, Holy Angels Catholic Church, the Mayor's Office of the City of Austin, Gifts from the Texas Governor's office to Mexico's President Carlos Salinas, the Queen of England, to the home of Javier and Pamela, Reji's work is dearly loved.
Pine Street Station, the studio of Reji Thomas, is the highlight of East Austin Studio Tour and
Austin's SXSW, hosting the Fader Fort. The Sunday HOPE Farmer's Market has been launched at the studio. Pine Street Station is the home base for Javier's Habitats for Nature .
www.rejiglass54.com
From the glasswork throughout the Texas State Capitol, to the collections of Ann Richards, Barbara Jordan, B.B. King, The University of Texas, Holy Angels Catholic Church, the Mayor's Office of the City of Austin, Gifts from the Texas Governor's office to Mexico's President Carlos Salinas, the Queen of England, to the home of Javier and Pamela, Reji's work is dearly loved.
Pine Street Station, the studio of Reji Thomas, is the highlight of East Austin Studio Tour and
Austin's SXSW, hosting the Fader Fort. The Sunday HOPE Farmer's Market has been launched at the studio. Pine Street Station is the home base for Javier's Habitats for Nature .
www.rejiglass54.com
Designer Constance McCullough
Designer Constance advised on critical matters.
Native New Yorker Constance has joined us in Austin as a recognized clothing and
jewelry designer, creator, and her own most glamorous model. While design has
always been her passion, she has enjoyed an interesting career in health care as
an RN. Her experience in life and in the arts is felt in her work. Designs by Constance are sublime, yet she is always able to weave what she refers to as the human element into her creations.
[email protected]
Native New Yorker Constance has joined us in Austin as a recognized clothing and
jewelry designer, creator, and her own most glamorous model. While design has
always been her passion, she has enjoyed an interesting career in health care as
an RN. Her experience in life and in the arts is felt in her work. Designs by Constance are sublime, yet she is always able to weave what she refers to as the human element into her creations.
[email protected]