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
13 Jan 2016

Guides:

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, […]


12 Jan 2016

DC:

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 […]


10 Jan 2016

Kids:

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 […]


07 Jan 2016

Shopping:

Kay Wigs Going Out of Business

Kay Wigs, the tiny but mighty basement wig store at 325 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, is closing its doors on January 31 after 14 years on Capitol Hill and 41 years of business– originally, the store was on F Street NW. Kay, the eponymous owner and styler of wigs, is still looking for a new place. […]


06 Jan 2016

Events:

Gird Loins: No Pants Ride, Sunday 1/10!

Don’t let The Man bring you down by having to be back at work and having to do all manner of adult things in this cold. Remember that there is fun and craziness out there (and that romance, and especially photo-romance is definitely not dead) and pantslessness– especially pantslessness on the Metro. The No Pants […]


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