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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

Stay Vigilant: A Cautionary Tale

Although the increase in violence –so well documented here, there, and elsewhere– is what is on our minds as a community, I wanted to share a cautionary theft story that happened some time ago to one of our readers. After a busy afternoon, these Capitol Hill neighbors were emptying their car and tending to their family. The following […]

Remembering Katrina Through Gerald Anderson’s Eyes

The Street Sense newspaper vendors, each with their melodious peddling, are fixtures of the weekend Flea Market at Eastern Market. For those new to town, or those who have never picked up a copy, Street Sense is a newspaper made, for and about the homeless community in DC. The paper was started in 2003 by Laura Thompson-Osuri […]

Take DOEE’s Survey, Help Your Pocket

Hey there, apartment-dwellers! This post and its accompanying surveys are tailor-made for you! The District’s Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) wants to learn more about how much energy and water you use. Through a DOEE grant, Steven Winter Associates, Inc. wants to develop tailor-made resources so that you can save both money and energy in your […]

Open House Round Up for 8/23/15

Contributor Dare Johnson Wenzler is a Capitol Hill resident, Realtor at Compass Real Estate and co-owner of First Vine Wine Imports + Sales. This post also appears on her blog Real Estate On (and off!) the Hill. Cuteness abounds at 1611 Massachusetts Ave SE! Open Saturday August 22 and Sunday August 23 from 1-4 p.m. At $495,000, it’s a […]

Bridging The City: Bridge Park Mural Reception at THEARC

Azania and Ajah: teenagers, Chavez PCS students, artists. #artreachDC #bridgeparkmural #latergram #acreativeDC A photo posted by Maria Helena Carey (@themadamemeow) on Aug 20, 2015 at 9:37am PDT It’s been great to have a shiny new 11th Street bridge complex, connecting Wards 6 and 8 and deftly rearranging traffic on 295 and 695. But there is much […]

Maria Helena Carey

Capitol Hill:

Stay Vigilant: A Cautionary Tale

Editorials:

Remembering Katrina Through Gerald Anderson’s Eyes

News:

Take DOEE’s Survey, Help Your Pocket

Real Estate:

Open House Round Up for 8/23/15

Kids:

Bridging The City: Bridge Park Mural Reception at THEARC