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
21 Oct 2015

Events:

DC Water’s Spooky #2 Tour, 10/28-10/30

Are you looking for something different, informative, delightful and stinky to do around Halloween? DC Water has the perfect plan for you: The Number Two Tour! You can take this super-scary, somewhat-stinky tour on Wednesday, October 28; Thursday, October 29; or Friday, October 30 2015 at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, 5000 Overlook Ave SW. […]


19 Oct 2015

Guides:

What to do With Your Leaves (Part one… of many)

Although it’s only mid-October, many of the trees around the neighborhood are starting to lose their leaves. The Department of Public Works (DPW), in addition to handling your trash collection and your car towing… uh.. needs, also handles leaf collection around the neighborhood. The site should be updated soon for the 2015-2016 season, but if […]


17 Oct 2015

Shopping:

Yard Sale Open Thread

Hey there Capitol Hill! Are YOU having a yard sale? TELL US IN THE COMMENTS!! It’s Saturday morning and you’ve been busy bees, cleaning your home of debris and assorted random objects you somehow accumulated since the spring (??). Your neighbors over on Massachusetts Avenue SE are getting a big sale started in a little […]


09 Oct 2015

ANC:

Shoutout: Denise Krepp

You may have read Denise Krepp’s editorial posts here on The Hill is Home, or you may have met her at ANC 6B meetings because she represents 6B10. But last week was a big week for one of our tireless neighborhood crusaders: first, she had a piece on this summer’s crime wave over at The […]


08 Oct 2015

Shopping:

Homebody Moved! Reception TODAY 10/08, 6pm

More than a few of us were horrified to hear that Homebody–formerly at 715 8th Street SE and everyone’s favorite store for perfectly quirky presents and can’t-live-without-them gadgets–would possibly leave the Hill. Homebody, we learned, would make way for Pineapple and Pearls, the new Aaron Silverman restaurant opening in early 2016. Thankfully, Homebody’s owner Henriette […]


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