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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Get Married in New Orleans City Park

New Orleans City Park’s 1,500 acres offer wedding couples a taste of the city’s historical past in its natural splendor with old oak trees, bayous, bridges, and art. Once the site of Allard Plantation facing Bayou St. John, located at the intersection of Carrollton and City Park Avenues in the Mid-City area of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina has damaged some areas of the Park and some places have not re-opened. It is best to see the location you want to use in person to determine if it meets your needs. Many intimate spots in City Park are available to do weddings that require no fees. There are also beautiful places in the Park to rent for a large wedding like Pops Fountain and the Botanical Gardens. The City Park Commission should be contacted for rental fees. For a small weekend elopement or before a cruise departing from New Orleans there are other little out of the way places where a small wedding can take place, lovely walkways, large oak trees, fountains, small bridges, and statues. Most open public places are free for a small simple wedding but are first come first serve, therefore selecting alternate spots in the Park is recommended. There are several small bridges over the bayous or lagoons that can be used or under one of the many large old oak trees. By arriving early and walking through the area the couple and a small wedding party can choose a nice location to do a short ceremony. If you desire a larger wedding and a reserved spot you can contact City Park at their web page or call them.

New Orleans City Park Office

1 Palm Drive

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70124-4608

Phone: 504.482.4888 Fax: 504.483.9412

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New Orleans Marriage License Information

It is possible to be married on the same day you get your license. Either the bride or groom before may obtain the license from the State Office of Vital Records at 1010 Common St, New Orleans, or other Parish Clerks of Court offices before the ceremony is conducted. The New Orleans Office is open on Saturday. Identification is required along with authentic copies of birth certificates and any divorce judgments. In some cities there is a three-day waiting period. In New Orleans a Minister or Judge can waive the waiting period in writing for non-residents when good reasons exist. No medical tests are necessary. The license is good for 30 days. You must present the license to the person doing the ceremony in advance as it requires the officiant to complete some portions in black ink only. A ceremony must be conducted before 2 adult witnesses who also sign the certificates. The cost of the license is just under $30.00 paid to the State. For further information contact the office located near the City Hall:

ORLEANS PARISH MARRIAGE LICENSE OFFICE

The Orleans Parish Marriage License Office is 1010 Common St at O'Keefe and Tulane Ave. -- just a short drive from the French Quarter, Uptown, Garden District and the CBD. The phone number is

504-568-3620

Another close to the French Quarter the Second City Court at 225 Morgan Street on the west bank in New Orleans. It is a nice ferry ride across the Mississippi River (pedestrians ride for free, automobiles only $1.00) from the Canal Street Ferry Landing,by River Wall MAll. It is a half city block to the court building with a clock tower. This office closes at 3:00PM, so arrive no later than 2:15PM. Phone number is (504) 368-4099 to verify times.
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Marriage licenses will not be issued on Saturdays, but you can obtain your marriage license in any Louisiana Parish as you drive into New Orleans.

Visitors can go to the Algiers Court House to get a license using the Canal St. Ferry.

504-368-4099
Hours: 9 am - 3 pm Mon.- Fri

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The 'Peristyle' at City Park.

New Orleans Wedding Minister Information

Jerry Kenneth Schwehm served as as Justice of the Peace in 1990 to 1994 in Slidell, La. and was ordained in 1989 as a Lay Minister after serving as Elder and Deacon in his church for many years. He has a BA and JD from Louisiana State University (1972) and an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from a local Bible Church in 1990. He has performed numerous wedding ceremonies and is available in the Greater New Orleans area to perform your personalized marriage ceremony. He will go to your location or at his office in Fig House. He may be contacted at the below e-mail.

Fig Street Weddings

Fig Street New Orleans, La. 70125

504/617-6359

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Studio mailing address: 65115 Highway 41, Pearl River, La. 70452
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More info at www.figstreet.com/weddings

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Helpful Links

New Orleans City Park Page

New Orleans Weddings Page

New Orleans Marriage License

Elope To Pirates Alley

More Information On City Park

Fig Street Art Studio Prints

Friday, February 19, 2010

Win A Print !

I need more followers on Twitter to spread the word about Fig Street Art Studio. For those who help spread the word we are offering a free copy of the above promotional print to be mailed if you win the contest. The person who is the 1000th follower of @NewOrleansPrint and RT's the below message will win a promotional print 4x5.5 inches mailed to them when they furnish a mailing address after being told they are the 1000th follower on Twitter.
The print of the Mississippi Queen docked at Natchez, MS is printed on stiff card stock paper the size of a postcard that can be easily framed in a small frame. Signed on the back by the artist.
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RT @NewOrleansPrint, enter to win a small print by being the next 500th studio news follower on Twitter see http://ow.ly/195TV #nola
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If this works well we will continue the contest at 500 followers intervals, if not we can try something new until we reach our goal.

THANKS for helping.

In about 72 hours we added 300 followers due to the Win A Print ! contest.
http://twitter.com/DinaJ won as soon as I get a snail mail address to mail it out it is on its way, send mailing address to info@figstreet.com

OK I will continue the contest and the next one will be each 500th follower that does the above, RT and follow.
Thanks to the 300 plus that played.

Another winner! http://twitter.com/lovemy21B won a promotional print, more winners to come keep RT the message about the contest and see who wins next.

I can keep the contest going as long as I have left the small promotional prints so keep playing and see who wins next.

Another Winner! http://twitter.com/Houseonahillorg print in the mail, keep playing.

The latest winner! http://twitter.com/YatPundit, more to win, keep playing.

Another new winner- http://twitter.com/madly59 Keep playing.

Latest winner http://twitter.com/saraminda

From here on I will just randomly pick a winner from those who follow and retweet a message. Keeping track of the 500th is a chore so a random draw from a follower who RT's a message is easier.

As of St Patrick's Day I need about 300 more followers to randomly pick another winner. The initial contest worked well added in 100 followers per week then after the prices were mailed out it slowed down to a few per week. Contest is on still just followers are slowing down a lot. When I reach the next level a winner will be randomly picked again.