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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

Barricade Situation in Kingman Park Area

There is a barricade situation going on at Kingman Park right now in the 500 block of 25th Place NE, near Benning Road NE and close to the RFK parking lots. According to residents who have been tweeting the blog Frozen Tropics and us for the past hour (since 7:27 a.m. as of this post), there […]

State Avenue Gravitas? This is Serious.

I have considered getting Massachusetts Avenue tattooed onto my forearm–although that tattoo would run from my wrist and clear to my shoulder and I’m not ready for that kind of commitment. Running from Southeast DC, briefly interrupted by the Anacostia River, passing through many a landmark and not slowed down by the most fearsome traffic circle in […]

Summertime Crime, Nighttime Action

Lately, it feels inescapable, more so than other years: everywhere you turn, there is a friend or acquaintance whose car windows were bashed in or who had a package stolen. Someone you know was mugged. Someone you know was stabbed randomly. Is crime really that much worse this summer than all others? Well, yes, and no. According […]

Students Can Ride Metrorail Free Starting 8/17

DCPS and DC public charter school students (ages 5-21) can now get a $100 subsidy to go to school and school events via MetroRail, starting August 17, 2015, or exactly one week before the start of school, August 24, 2015. (Click here to see DCPS’s 2015-16 calendar.) According to DDOT, “in order to receive the $100 Metrorail benefit, students […]

Hill Buzz

Good morning, Capitol Hill and beyond! What is everyone saying about the neighborhood? WUSA*9 stopped in at the Market Lunch and now we’re really hungry. WJLA’s Harris’ Heroes highlights Capitol Hill mom Corinne Cannon and the amazing DC Diaper Bank. Well, DC Inno… this is… even more awkward? The DC Grays, the Cal Ripken Collegiate […]