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.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations throughout the city
New Orleans will have a weekend of celebration with events across the city to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The last days: Morning Call closing after seven years at City Park location
People are coming to say goodbye, getting their fix of beignets known for their signature do-it-yourself style of powdered sugar.
Local Wins: How the Who Dat Nation helped New Orleans entrepreneur NolaHatPlug gain success, quit her day job
Just two months ago, April Brooks was quitting her day job to run her small business, NolaHatPlug, full-time. Now, her hats are being sold in every Fleurty Girl store location, and sales have tripled.
Don’t cop out: you can still lose weight and eat well in New Orleans
So the holidays came, and you ate like crazy. Now we’re in the middle of king cake season, and you’re trying to figure figure out how to fit in that gown or tux for your Carnival balls.
Have your cake, and drink it, too: the history behind Lucky Player’s original king cake vodka
Lucky Player Vodka, based out of Miami, dropped the original king cake liquor as part of its original lineup when it launched in 2012.
You’ve got these bags of old Mardi Gras beads – now what?
Now that the fun is over, what are you going to do with these bags of beads just laying around the house?
Need somewhere to watch the Saints game? Here are some of the best neighborhood bars
Here’s a list of places we love to watch the Saints games at, where the drinks flow and the atmosphere is almost as good as being in the Dome.
Weekend Picks: The Battle of New Orleans… in the Dome
This week’s picks include remembering history with the Battle of New Orleans and gearing up to make history again with the Saints!
Ruby Slipper offers free meals to federal employees, families affected by government shutdown
A representative from the restaurant said it’s their way of giving back to the community that’s been so supportive to them.
Know Your NOLA: Magazine Street mirror house offers the perfect chance to #ReflectYourself
A tiny house on Magazine Street pulls you in with reflections of yourself and the world around you.