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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

A Pop-Up Police Station?

If you’re a frequent visitor to the Barracks Row area, you may be aware of the many problems in the 400 block of 8th Street SE. Barracks Row Main Street has put together a petition to have a temporary or pop-up police substation in that block, to increase safety and vigilance in the area. If […]

Update From Your ANC Commissioner

We periodically share updates from your ANC commissioners, edited for brevity and clarity. Although these are most pertinent to particular single member districts (SMDs), we feel the information shared can be of interest to the whole Capitol Hill community. Are you an ANC commissioner who shares regular updates? Add thehillishome@gmail.com to your distribution list, please! –María Helena […]

Goodbye, Sally’s Middle Name

Just saw this over on Instagram: We’re very, very sad to learn that Sally’s Middle Name over at 13th and H Streets NE will be open only through March 31st. Wishing the Sally’s Middle Name team the best, as they move on to other projects. The caption reads: It is with heavy hearts we must […]

Hill Buzz

Good morning, Capitol Hill! It’s that magic time of the year where everyone is suddenly a college basketball enthusiast –or a sudden bracket enthusiast– and here at The Hill is Home we are no different. While we unveil our madness bracket (sometime), take a look at a couple of very fun ones we like: Greater […]

ICYMI: Pretend It’s Spring and Watch “Welcome to Capitol Hill”!

Looks like last week’s spring teaser was just that; we won’t be seeing temperatures in the 70s until next weekend at the very earliest. The good news is that DC’s weather is crazier than the tropics, so if you’re reading this later today in your shorts, you know what happened! But if you need a […]

Maria Helena Carey

Barracks Row:

A Pop-Up Police Station?

ANC:

Update From Your ANC Commissioner

Dining:

Goodbye, Sally’s Middle Name

News:

Hill Buzz

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ICYMI: Pretend It’s Spring and Watch “Welcome to Capitol Hill”!