Maria Helena Carey, Author at The Hill is Home

Maria Helena Carey

María Helena Carey has always liked to write, tell stories and take pictures but it wasn’t until she moved to the Nation’s Capital that she began exploring all three in a serious manner. She loves poking around Capitol Hill and photographing some of her favorite things: food, her kids, quirky little dogs and cats, and Capitol Hill façades. She is also a portrait photographer and you can see her work at http://mariahelenacarey.com You can contact her at Maria@thehillishome.com

The To Do List, Week of July 16, 2026

Hey there! Happy 236th to the best city in the world! The Residence Act, which picked a site along the banks of the Potomac River, was signed into law by George Washington on this date in 1790. Read more over at the Library of Congress. (Of course DC is a Cancer) Do you dream of […]

Hill Buzz, July 14, 2026

Guess what? WMATA set ridership records on July 4! WTOPDo you think carrying cars full of Neo-Nazis bolstered the numbers? Btw, read a piece on NPR about Patriot Front– the aforementioned Neo-Nazis in the Metro cars. A local woman sent PoPville an update on a nasty fall she had while riding her bike in the […]

The To Do List, July 10, 2026

We’ve made it through the first week of July and change, and the air is surprisingly less horrifying this weekend! What shall we do as a reward? IT IS NATIONAL FRENCH FRY DAY. What are your favorite french fries around town? Do you like the skinny bistro kind or are you more of a wedge […]

Hill Buzz, July 7, 2026

The weather has gone back to regular damp, hot summer and the heat has been dialed down from “death fryer” to just “strong enough to breed mosquito clouds.” Huzzah! Currently mourning today’s World Cup games, so please respect my grief. What’s been going on? Hey, we survived the semiquincentennial and the Fifth of July fireworks […]

The To Do List, Week of July 3, 2026

250 years ago tomorrow, a whole bunch of men wearing coats and stockings got together in Philadelphia in a room with no air conditioning and signed a very special document. Aside from the pride of knowing that this American experiment is one year older, I often think about how the room must have smelled back […]