Mary Staes
Mary Staes is Digital Content Lead for Very Local. She works with our freelancers and crafts content for our social media platforms and website. Before Very Local, she worked with CBS affiliate WWL-TV as a web producer and weekend assignment editor for about 4 years. She has also handled broadcast coverage for 160 Marine Reserve training facilities while she served as an active duty Marine. As a native New Orleanian, she takes being "very local" to heart. She loves being intertwined with the culture and figuring out how there are less than two degrees of separation between us all, whether we're natives or not.
☮Serenity, Shooting for the Stars and Self-Care ✨
Can you believe we got a “cold front” in the middle of July? By cold front, we really mean the temps are in the 90’s, but we’ll take take any excuse to get outside and be a little more comfortable. After a miss from Hurricane Barry and flash flooding almost weekly, we could use a little time to destress and take care of ourselves.
Weekend Picks: Closing the big blue doors at the Louisiana Children’s Museum, Sunday Self Care
So there’s a cold front in July, eh? By cold front, they really mean temperatures in the 80s, but at the rate this summer heat is rising, we’ll take it.
A bagel and a bike: How Bagel Boy NOLA started his delectable deliveries
One bite of Bagel Boy NOLA’s bagels tell you they’re made with love, straight from owner Brendan Dodd’s hands and baked that morning.
There are plenty of places to shoot for the stars around New Orleans
It’s fifty years after the moon landing, so to celebrate, here’s a list of where you can get a better look at the heavens.
Weekend Picks: The return of Midnight Noodle… and school supplies
Let’s be honest, after the cabin fever we all had during Hurricane Barry, the sooner the kids are out of the house, the better.
The Man behind the Band: How one director’s return to his high school evolved into a brand new sound
In 2004, Christopher Herrero walked the halls of Edna Karr High School as a student. Now, he walks the same halls, leading one of the city’s most recognizable bands.
Weekend Picks: Which party to go to – Barry or Bastille?
Whether it’s a hurricane party (AKA stay home, binge watch and eat snacks) or a Bastille Day party, we’ve got plans for the weekend.
No car? No plan? What to do if a hurricane comes our way
Sure, we make fun of staying for hurricanes and throwing parties with our families while we’re off from school and work, but in all seriousness, it’s only a matter of time before a storm hits the city.
Weekend Picks: Essence, ice cream and the Women’s World Cup
Essence Fest is here! And since 4th of July is on Thursday, it all rolls up into one big celebration.
Local designer adds fashion to the cultural fabric of second lines, Carnival costumes
Marvin Millon, a Treme native, is one of the strongest forces behind the fabric. He put his own stamp on the tradition in 2018, as king of the Divine Ladies Second Line.