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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

With Love DC: Nurturing Our Spiritual Side

You may remember when I wrote about the pop-up yoga events, Practice With Love, at the Southeast Neighborhood Library, which also happen at the United States National Arboretum and the United States Botanic Garden Saturdays and Sundays. The yoga instructors work for free but accept tips at all these events. You may also remember the Silent Disco […]

DC Kids #SingFreeOrDie at US Capitol

On Sunday at 10 a.m. about 30 DC kids sang their version of Last Week Tonight’s States’ song, from the August 2, 2015 show at the East Front Capitol. Apart from the kids and their parents the happy crowd included Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Shadow Senators Michael D. Brown and Paul Strauss, and Miss District […]

Neighbors Rally to Catch Hill East Thief

Every once in a while you hear of people coming together as a community and doing something heroic. Sometimes, that community is your community. This weekend, we received an email from a Hill East neighbor sharing one such story. A resident who’s called the Hill home for less than a year put his front porch surveillance […]

NEW DETAILS: DC KIDS’ SINGALONG FOR STATEHOOD, SUNDAY!

Since our initial post about a singalong for DC Statehood inspired by John Oliver and Last Week Tonight, more than a few people have been interested in either joining or knowing more about this effort. First off, here is what a few folks have been saying around the interwebs: Links from the Washington Post, HillNow, DCist, Washington City Paper, Quartz, KidfriendlyDC and Washingtonian. […]

#GOPDebate Fun At Home & Around the Hill

If you lived anyplace else, this would just be Thursday. But here in DC, everyone is gearing up to watch the first Republican candidate debate. If you’re a Republican, you are watching because you want to form an educated opinion on which candidate –out of 17* – cares most about your issues. The independents also seek […]

Maria Helena Carey

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With Love DC: Nurturing Our Spiritual Side

DC:

DC Kids #SingFreeOrDie at US Capitol

News:

Neighbors Rally to Catch Hill East Thief

DC:

NEW DETAILS: DC KIDS’ SINGALONG FOR STATEHOOD, SUNDAY!

Capitol Hill:

#GOPDebate Fun At Home & Around the Hill