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

Hill Buzz, September 2, 2026

School is back in session and… there’s a moistness in the air that tells me whoever plans the weather for DC has a rotten sense of humor (or as rotten as the laundry you forgot to switch). A PSA: You might want to check and see if you need to renew your driver’s license. If […]

The To Do List, Week of August 28, 2026

My birthday is on Friday and while I generally don’t like to make a big deal out of these milestones, it’s a big enough one that I’m at least telling you about it. So if you want to make a gal feel loved, drop me a line and say hello or, better yet, support the […]

Hill Buzz, August 26, 2026

Hey everyone! Hope you’re enjoying the milder weather, the gorgeous mornings and if you’re a parent, hope you’re enjoying their return to school (or that you’re not too crushed not to have your kiddos with you as much). What’s been going on around the Hill and beyond? A warning from a NextDoor user (screen capture […]

The To Do List: Week of August 20, 2026

Hello everyone! The late summer mosquitoes are a great mirror for us all: desperate, hungry, ready for a good time, violently hungry, vicious. Okay, maybe the similarities end at “hungry” but you get the gist. What should our mosquito selves do with our limited (summer) time? Need to stimulate your creativity? Then visit Congressional Cemetery […]

Five (or so) questions with Chef Takeshi Nishikawa of Snow Crane Ice Cream

In honor of the return of Snow Crane Ice Cream to Little Pearl ––Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays through the end of September from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. –– I asked Chef Takeshi Nishikawa a few questions about the lessons learned from his first pop-up earlier in the summer, as well as what Capitol Hill […]