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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

Petco, Starbucks Coming to the Neighborhood–Again.

According to a recent post from PopVille, a Starbucks Coffee and a Petco Unleashed are among the stores that will be coming to the development in the 600 block of H Street NE. This means that, across the street from a shiny new Whole Foods Market (which will probably serve overpriced coffee products itself), we […]

Holiday Panic Gift Idea: FLEA MARKET SUNDAY!

It’s December 20th and I know the Sunday Post or the Sunday NYT isn’t going to read itself, although – real talk– you’ll probably end up looking up some sort of answers from today’s NYT crossword puzzle online and you may even “check” with a couple of friends; but when people ask you if you […]

Join the Citizen Snow Team This Winter

Do you want to be part of the DC Citizen Snow Team? There is a happy hour orientation at Ping Pong Dim Sum TONIGHT, December 18th. You can sign up by clicking this link. Although the need for citizen volunteers to help clear snow is most dire in Wards 4, 7 and 8, it snows in ALL wards, so you […]

Book Review: Discovering Vintage Washington, D.C.

It’ll be ten years since I moved to DC. For some in the audience, it’s a small eternity and darned close to half your lifespan, whippersnappers. For many, it’s but a blink: a speck in the infinite spectrum that is life in the DMV (just don’t call it that in front of Claudia). Anyway, little […]

Holiday Shopping Idea: Union Kitchen

It’s December 15 across the land. This means you technically have 9 shopping days until Christmas. You missed the boat on Hanukkah, but it’s the thought that counts; Kwanzaa is 11 days away; and you can give gifts up until January 6th because that’s when the Magi supposedly brought presents to baby Jesus. But let […]