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

Maria Helena Carey
31 Mar 2021

ANC:

Is blocking a constituent on Twitter against the First Amendment? This DC resident thinks so

Over the past year or so, ANC 6B10 commissioner Denise Krepp has tweeted updates on ANC business, as well as personal communications. She has also blocked constituents on the platform, as well as other DC residents and fellow ANC commissioners with whom she did not see eye to eye. One of the residents she blocked, […]


31 Mar 2021

Hill Buzz

Happy Wednesday and happy last day of March, 2021, which is leaving us like a very wet lamb. What’s going on? First up, on Friday, March 26, a little before noon, a noose was discovered hanging from one of the taller trees in the courtyard of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Independent journalist Alan Henney tweeted […]


26 Mar 2021

Events:

The To Do List, Weekend of March 26, 2021

The sun is shining and the temperatures are climbing. The Tidal Basin is restricting vehicular AND pedestrian access, though sources tell me that if you’re alone or in small groups (read: two or three people) you can enjoy the blossoms. But why would you trek all the way out there if our own Stanton Park […]


26 Mar 2021

Small Business:

Five Questions with Sandra Basanti of Pie Shop DC

Pie Shop DC is the baby of Sandra Basanti, a self-described “typical latchkey kid/first generation Sudanese-American with immigrant parents that worked constantly.” This baby makes a mean pie and it’s also packed a punch with live music, which sadly had to stop when the pandemic hit. This hasn’t stopped Sandra from working fiercely to keep […]


23 Mar 2021

News:

Hill Buzz

Good afternoon, Capitol Hill! Yesterday, Congress held a hearing on statehood. It was at times rousing, at times emotional, and at times, it was crap like this (ClockoutDC on Instagram). You can visit The Hill for a recap and for the chance to see Ward 6 DC statehood activists illustrating the article! (We were at […]


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