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.
Boston Rob Does Beantown: Guide to Back Bay
Rob discovers amazing antiques, grills some top-notch steak, tours an animal shelter and serves drinks in one of Boston’s poshest neighborhoods.
Eat Play Stay: The Berkshires
From boozy margaritas and snug motels to exhilarating ziplines and thrilling coasters. This is the Berkshires.
What’s on the Menu: Farm To Table in Pittsburgh
Sourcing high-quality, fresh ingredients can be a challenge in an urban area like Pittsburgh. Meet chefs and restaurant owners who are going the extra mile to serve up fresh farm-to-table cuisine.
Sweet Tooth: Best Desserts in Pittsburgh
Get a serious sugar rush as four of Pittsburgh’s purveyors of delicious desserts share their stories and their sweets.
What’s on the Menu: Vegan Restaurants in Pittsburgh
Eating vegan is good for animals, the environment, and your health. Can it also be good for your taste buds? In this episode, we take a behind the scenes look at some of Pittsburgh’s most popular vegan restaurants.
Eat Play Stay: Lafayette, LA
Discover Hub City’s mouthwatering bites, diverse culture and coziest corners.
Plate It, Pittsburgh! – Between The Bread
In this episode, Chef Claudy Pierre, founder of Eminent Hospitality Solutions goes head-to-head against the executive chef at Wigle Whiskey, Alex Brown to see who can create a very Pittsburgh sandwich.
Eat Play Stay: Huntsville, Alabama
“Eat Play Stay” is your guide to a weekend adventure near New Orleans.
Ed and Day’s Guide to Carnegie
Comedians, podcasters and craft beer enthusiasts Ed Bailey and Day Bracey explore hot spots, hidden gems and the best places to grab a cold brew in the ‘Burgh.
Ed & Day’s Guide to Garfield
Comedians, podcasters and craft beer enthusiasts Ed Bailey and Day Bracey explore hot spots, hidden gems and the best places to grab a cold brew in the ‘Burgh.