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
18 Dec 2018

News:

Hill Buzz

Happy December 18, everyone! Can you believe that in exactly two weeks’ time, 2018 will have been but a distant memory? My, how time flies when you’re watching the news with your jaw agape, amirite? Anyway, what is the Capitol Hill buzz around the interwebs? Newsworthy: There’s been some momentum regarding a petition titled Hail […]


18 Dec 2018

Sponsored Post:

Groundbreaking Partnership for D.C.’s Trees

The following is a sponsored post by Casey Trees, a DC-based non-profit that is committed to restoring and enhancing the urban tree canopy. Thanks to them, the District trees –and us– are much healthier. Thank you to Casey Trees for supporting The Hill is Home. In the summer of 2015, Gallaudet University’s campus lost twelve […]


17 Dec 2018

Opinions:

DC Catholic Church Lawyers and Sexual Assault

The following is an opinion by K. Denise Rucker Krepp, a Washington, DC, elected official and former Maritime Administration Chief Counsel Earlier this year, a grand jury released a 900-page report highlighting 70 years of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Pennsylvania. Sadly, this abuse wasn’t limited to one state and the District of Columbia Attorney […]


14 Dec 2018

New Hill East:

Do you agree with #HailNoRFK? Sign this petition

This week, we learned that the Mayor has been in talks with Republican leadership in congress to retain control of the federal land on which Robert F. Kennedy memorial stadium (RFK) sits. While it’s a worthy goal to try to keep the District in control of these lands, achieving this goal seems to be a […]


12 Dec 2018

Opinions:

Bring Open Captions to the Movies Already!

When English is not your first language –and it isn’t for me, despite having lived immersed in the language for longer than I lived in my primary language– you are bound to miss some dialogue when you’re at the movies. The English language is downright devilish to understand sometimes; add in dialectical differences and two […]


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