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.
🥙🎶 We can be your gyro, baby
Before we hit the streets, it’s time to get us to the Greek … fest.
Weekend Picks: pool parties, second lines and serenades
We never need a reason to celebrate in New Orleans, but a long weekend for Memorial Day on Monday seems like a great excuse to pull out the pool noodles and grills.
New Orleanians: Photographer’s Instagram is a window to NOLA’s past, present
Steve Burmester’s Instagram page showcases images of New Orleans, carefully blended together showing a glimpse of the past and present in one glance.
Music Box Village’s newest addition showcases voices of the deaf community
For many people who can hear, the elevator is a quiet, awkward space. But the elevator is a big part of deaf culture where people can be as loud as they want.
Hide and seek: ‘Brother O’Mara’ stashes unique skulls throughout New Orleans
Kevin O’Mara, better known to some as Brother O’Mara, uses his Instagram page to leave clues about where to find his unique polymer clay skulls.
Brieux Carre’ brings fun, originality to craft beer brewing in the Marigny
There are at least 29 different beer places in town where you can get craft beer, but one in the Marigny offers a totally different brew experience almost daily. Here, you’ll probably never drink the same beer twice.
Healthy options at a corner store? One local program makes it possible
One program is making it easier for residents to pick healthier choices on their quick breaks.
Bring your appetite for amazing fest food at the Boogaloo
The bites at the Boogaloo are worth standing in line and dodging wet people come out of Bayou St. John.
Born on the Bayou… Boogaloo🚣
It’s almost summer already?! The kids are getting out of school and there’s something happening in the city every weekend.
Backing off of Bayou Boogaloo? Here’s what else is going on this weekend
Remember when rain and wind took out the Boogaloo last year? You need a backup plan.