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
15 Jun 2016

Local Politics:

Del. Norton Asks NPS to Create DC Park Portal

You know how most of DC’s parks are actually controlled by the National Park Service? This is something that is neither here nor there –it is what it is– until we have things like the federal government shutting down and no one (literally, NO ONE) coming to clean up the garbage at our parks, for […]


14 Jun 2016

Arts & Entertainment:

Get Excited: SingSing Karaoke Opens June 22!

We have long been fans of Sticky Rice, 1224 H Street NE, the eclectic sushi place where you can get tater tots with your creative sushi rolls and a side of hipster attitude, and where karaoke legends have been made– and have broken appendages during rousing renditions of “No Diggity” as well (that’s a true […]


14 Jun 2016

DC:

Happy Flag Day! VOTE!

Just a gentle reminder to GET OUT THERE AND VOTE, PEOPLE! While we would rather eat a bag of something unsavory rather than think about our national election and the awful backbiting and bickering involved, we strongly encourage you to turn in a vote for our local elections– especially the At-Large councilmember seat. Here at […]


13 Jun 2016

News:

Worried About Lead? DC Water’s Tools Help

You may hear items about lead in the local news, such when there were elevated levels of lead at Capitol Hill elementary schools. Perhaps you’re aware that lead pipes may still bring water to your home in the District of Columbia, or that lead soldering to keep pipes together was used in the District as late as […]


10 Jun 2016

Events:

Weekend East City Event Round Up

Thursday, June 9 National Postal Museum – 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Trailblazing: 100 Years of Our National Parks explores the ways mail is delivered to and from the national parks through philatelic art. For more details, click here. The National Postal Museum is located at 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE.   Tryst – 7 p.m. […]


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