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.
What’s in a name? For Capulet, it ties the community with a modern bar, event space
While Capulet itself is fairly new, opening just nine months ago, the building it’s housed in has a storied history.
Three barbers bring vegan options to St. Bernard area
Staples on the menu include things like vegan hot sausage, burgers and fried cauliflower tacos.
Euclid Records: A throwback for music, new opportunity for local bands
Stepping into Euclid Records is like stepping into the 90s. The walls are pink, the decor is funky, and there is 4,000 square feet of records to dive into.
Your fresh, hip cousin’s house: A day in the Bywater
The Bywater has a laid-back energy and a free-spirited vibe.
The art of giving: Dr. Bob’s Bywater studio is more than ‘Be Nice or Leave’ signs
Listening to Dr. Bob speak is just as enthralling as looking at his art. It’s like getting caught up in a tornado of living history.
Weekend Picks: Time to celebrate mom!
The year is flying by! It’s almost the middle of May and Mother’s Day is upon us.
‘One shoe at a time’: local footwear company employs people transitioning from homelessness
Reunion Shoe Company is a New Orleans based apparel line featuring handpainted, unique works of art for the greater good.
504 Day aims to start conversation, gain common ground in culture clash
With festival season in full swing, we’ve yet to have a 504 Day celebration… until now.
Shopping Small: Home Malone brings work of more than 100 local artists to its store
If home is what you make it, Home Malone takes that feeling to heart. The store features items by more than 100 Southern artists and recently expanded to a second location.
Weekend Picks: Jazz Fest Round Two, Cinco De Mayo
Every day this weekend is packed with fun, even if you don’t head to the fest. There’s May the Fourth for you nerds out there. and Cinco De Mayo Parties across the city.