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 Aug 2017

Dining:

First Bite: Santa Rosa Taqueria

The speed of our news cycle is so breakneck, I’m embarrassed to admit that it took longer to write a post about our first bite impressions of Santa Rosa Taqueria than for Anthony Scaramucci to start and abruptly stop working at the White House. Enough of the zeitgeist-y talk: You are here to find out […]


30 Jul 2017

Arts & Entertainment:

Sunday Plan: Stop By Dock5 and Be Moved

On Friday, I had the pleasure of seeing a temporary exhibit by artist Darius Frank at Dock5 at Union Market. The exhibit, which consists of a video lasting about 20 minutes and a series of pencil drawings with mixed media, was the winner of the BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Artisan Series  in collaboration with NY public art non-profit Creative […]


26 Jul 2017

Shopping:

Happy Birthday, Summit to Soul!

Summit to Soul will be celebrating their first birthday on July 30th and they are ready to party! Keep reading for more details. It’s hard to believe that STS has only been around for one year. (Also in that category: East City Books, which celebrated its first birthday earlier this year!) In just one year, […]


18 Jul 2017

Events:

Mark Your Calendar: Natural Wines from Dio at CHAW, Friday 7/21!

Hey wine fiends! This Friday July 21 from from 6 to 8 p.m., join us for a natural wine tasting with Dio Wine bar at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th Street SE! You may remember that back in May we shared the news about Dio, a natural wine bar opening on H Street NE […]


10 Jul 2017

Editorials:

Maryland Drivers: Reality or Stereotype?

Recently, WAMU reporter Martin Austermuhle shared via Twitter a thought-provoking email he’d received. A reader took exception to Austermuhle’s (and, frankly, a lot of local Twitter’s) derision of Maryland drivers. The reader, herself a Maryland resident (and driver), felt that complaining about Maryland drivers in DC was a racist act: singling out former residents of DC […]


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