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
29 Dec 2016

Things We Take For Granted:

Dear THIH: Is That The National Anthem or Am I Going Nuts?

Update, 1/03/17: ANC 6D commissioner Meredith Fascett tweeted us the following: “Washington Navy Yard just told ANC 6D that a tech refresh likely raised anthem volume. They’ve now readjusted it.” Thank you, Meredith! This solves our local mystery, but doesn’t totally address the city-wide hymn shenanigans. On Saturday December 24, most of us noticed it: Right at […]


15 Dec 2016

Shopping:

Hill Gift Guide, NE

Gifts are well-intentioned efforts to be generous to other people and gift guides can be a lot of fun to write. This year, I am doing away with the pretense that it’s possible to put yourself in the shoes of anyone else but yourself: a good gift should be something you want to give to yourself in the […]


15 Dec 2016

Shopping:

Hill Gift Guide, SE

Hey there! You are not seeing double: There are two gift guide posts (or there will be once I publish the other one). We live in a pretty big neighborhood and I am just trying to highlight as many shopping options as I can before it’s too late. Are New Year’s gifts a thing? You […]


28 Nov 2016

News:

REMINDER: Community Meeting TONIGHT, 11/28

Are you concerned about the two recent shootings in broad daylight in Hill East and the most recent one at Potomac Gardens, where a 16-year old girl lost her life? Today, Monday, November 28th, please plan on attending a meeting starting at 7:30pm at St. Coletta of Greater Washington, 1901 Independence Ave, SE. Organizer and ANC commissioner Denise Krepp is […]


24 Nov 2016

Kids:

This Year’s Holiday Train Display at USBG: WOW

Admittedly, I am the kind of person who gets excited about things: toast, commercials, and removing the plastic backing off things. So I can understand if you would not believe me when I tell you that this year’s train display at the United States Botanic Garden is so dazzling, breath-taking, inspiring, moving and just AMAZING […]


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