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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

Congratulations to St. Peter’s on their New Organ! Listen to it SOON!

Update: Although the organ is it its new home, it will not be fully operational for the concert on March 4th. You can listen to it during the April noontime cantata series. Let’s put aside your possible feelings about religion for a minute and focus on the beauty and majesty of the best instrument ever […]

The Set List, Week of 2/27/19

Another week gone by, another chance to listen to the magic of music as it’s being performed. What could be better? On Saturday, I ventured way off-Hill to listen to Jessica Pavone at Rhizome in Takoma. Her music was heartbreakingly beautiful and alien at the same time, and the venue was intimate and cozy– just […]

Join Duffy’s for a Cohen Hearing Watch Party, 2/27!

Is there anything more #thistown than opening a bar early in order to watch a hearing or a testimony? Don’t answer that. Instead, make plans to telework this Wednesday, February 27, and work from Duffy’s, 1016 H Street NE. Starting at 10 a.m., you can enjoy their brunch menu and start your day off spicily […]

Hill Buzz

It was a busy Friday last week, and not in a good way. PoPVille The police need your cooperation with a robbery in the 900 block of G Street NE. Hill Rag Atlas Brew Works is coming to 1201 Half Street SE and it sounds rather magnificent. Brewbound A lot of people seem to dislike […]

Lessons in Courage and “Youthful Folly” from Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton

The 6th grade class at Stuart Hobson Middle School was treated to an inspiring town hall with Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton today, February 25, as a culmination to this year’s Black History Month. During an hourlong session, kicked off by the Stuart Hobson Middle School choir’s rendition of “We Shall Overcome,” Norton fielded questions from […]