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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

Help the DC Preservation League Identify Vacant Properties

If you love the historic character of our neighborhood and want to help preserve it and protect it from getting razed or becoming an ugly pop-up (more on that in an upcoming post), help the DC Preservation League identify vacant and abandoned properties in your neighborhood. Losing a property to “Demolition by Neglect” makes us […]

Reminder: Don’t Forget to Apply for Schools!

If you don’t have school-age kids, click here. If you do have school-age kids and are happy with your current school, click here. If you DO have school-age kids and are not happy with your current school or are trying to get your child or children into another school, this post is for you: If you […]

What to do When Someone is Out in the Cold

Good morning and BRR! Overnight a bone-chilling wind set in and everyone seems cranky and annoyed this morning –except for the winter lovers. You guys can finally tell us all about how much you LOVE the windchill now! Go on, gloat. We can whine and moan because we have our basic needs covered –shelter, food, warmth, […]

Tonight’s SOTU: Where to watch, street closures, games

Hey there nerds! Tonight is Obama’s final State of the Union Address! You can watch on C-SPAN or through the live feed at the White House’s dedicated site: https://www.whitehouse.gov/sotu, and Gizmodo also has a whole post dedicated to how to watch here. Now for the business: Starting at 7 pm tonight, many streets in the western area of […]

Upcoming School Support Nights!

It’s Sunday, and many of you are busy updating your calendars with the week’s events –and maybe holding your breath with cautious optimism because maybe, juuuust maybe, this is the Washington Football Team’s year. Make sure you write down not just one but TWO fun events, which will let you get your hair down and […]