The Hill is Home | Kyra Deblaker-Gebhard, Author at The Hill is Home

Kyra Deblaker-Gebhard

Kyra DeBlaker-Gebhard was a college English instructor and part-time writer living in New Jersey when the prospect of living a new and exciting life in Washington, D.C., presented itself. Kyra walked away from her job as a teacher and, with her new beau, discovered all of the wonderful things the District had to offer. Ten years later, Kyra is married to the guy she followed to D.C., mother of two charming, but messy children, caretaker of a small army of furry animals and proud owner of an ever-changing Capitol Hill home. When not tending to her human and furry family, Kyra is managing a website for a local non-profit, renovating her hill home and attending Nats games at Nationals Park.

Organizing your Hill Home: Surviving the Holiday Clutter

Choosing to live on the Hill often means choosing to get rid of some of our most beloved treasures. When one makes the move to the Hill we are often forced to cast aside our over-sized chairs, treasured tchochkes and clothes not worn since college for minimalist furnishings and fashion that fits. If you are […]

Capitol Hill House Hunters

I fell in love with the District during my first visit to Eastern Market, but when my husband and I decided to settle down, we told our real estate agent that we wanted to look at condos closer to the downtown core. After weeks of looking at small, uninhabitable condos our agent suggested we look […]

My Christmas Memories

This year I was reluctant to decorate our Christmas tree. I knew that when it came time to open the box filled with our most treasured ornaments I would find the ornaments my mom bought the summer of 2008, before the doctors discovered that the cancer had invaded her brain, before the chemo and radiation, […]

Hill Homes: A Lesson in House History

Capitol Hill is, by virtue of its age, filled with historic homes. You could live next to a home once frequented by a president or in a home designed by one of the District’s premiere, turn-of-the-century architects. So, if you are like me and you’ve often wondered about who once wandered the halls of your […]

Healthy and Strong on the Hill

For personal trainer Katherine Hambrice, a healthy, strong body is the best vehicle for a vibrant body and soul. Hill resident and personal trainer Katherine Hambrice was a successful travel manager with a bright future in the business, but, like so many women, she found herself “limited by her hours spent behind a desk.” Looking […]