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
02 Jan 2019

News:

It May Be Day 12 of the Shutdown, But DC is OPEN (and Clean)

We are on day 12 of the government shutdown. To our neighbors who are on furlough, we send our condolences and hope this matter is solved quickly. However, according to Politico, it looks like this shutdown is tied for sixth longest in history and it’s not clear what will happen when the 116th Congress convenes […]


02 Jan 2019

News:

Hill Buzz

Happy New Year!!! Welcome to the first Hill Buzz of 2019! Hope you were able to rest and find joy in small things over the holidays. Frankly, I’m still trying to RELAX AND ENJOY THE RIDE, but the yelling isn’t helping. How about you? Let’s kick it off with my hero, Dave Barry, and his […]


02 Jan 2019

Events:

Origami Owls and #MeToo: A Symbolic Display at St. Mark’s

Want to start 2019 with something inspiring? Here’s a story for you. Capitol Hill resident and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church member Elin Whitney-Smith started asking a group of friends and fellow church members about their experiences with sexual harassment and/or discrimination, and she started collecting the number of instances of sexual harassment mentioned by this […]


31 Dec 2018

News:

White Substance Sprinkled at Eastern Market Metro Closes Stations, Reroutes Bus Lines

This morning at around 10:20 a.m., the District-wide DC Alert system issued a warning: Stations along the Orange/Blue/Silver line, from Federal Center SW to Stadium-Armory Metro, were closed. The reason cited at the time was that a suspicious powder was found at Eastern Market Station. Since the first alarms were issued a few hours ago, […]


28 Dec 2018

Dining:

New Year’s Eve Specials Around the Hill

Our good friend, nightlife and bar maven Barred in DC, recently shared a comprehensive list of all the hip, happenin’ and happiest spots around town to ring in 2019. (Possible catchphrase for 2019: “I can’t suck any worse than 2016, amirite?”–which strangely hasn’t been a reassuring catchphrase coming from 2017 or 2018) He was kind […]


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