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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

District Doughnut: A Capital Doughnut

It’s Tuesday when District Doughnut co-owner and CEO Greg Menna and I sit down to talk about the shop’s first Fourth of July in the neighborhood; the awesome parade that will march by their window a couple of days later; the adorable and patriotic doughnut kebabs that co-owner and chef Christine Schaefer has created for the […]

New Start-Up Split Expands Service to the Neighborhood

If you lived in DC before the advent of Uber and Lyft, you may remember when it was hard to impossible to get a taxi to drop you off past 14th Street, especially if you are a minority group. WUSA-9 investigative reporter Russ Ptacek did an exposé a couple years ago on taxi riders who […]

Capitol Hill Resident’s Petition to José Andrés Goes Viral

Update 7/08/15: The Washington Post reports that José Andrés and ThinkFood Group have backed away from the Trump hotel! I emigrated from Colombia when I was 14 years old. My mother, through persistence and hard work, moved our family so that I would not come of age in what was, at the time, one of […]

RightRides Will Bring You Home, Will NOT Ask You To “Smile, baby”

I consider myself lucky in never having been physically assaulted in the streets of DC. My compassion and healing thoughts are with those of you who have been mugged or assaulted, or have had property forcibly removed. My condolences are with the families who have had to endure the pain and stress of dealing with […]

Worst Storm Since 2012 Derecho Does Damage to Capitol Hill

Although many of you slept right through it, the storm that hit our area last night was the worst since the 2012 Derecho hit the region, according to the Washington Post. A Derecho storm covers a much wider swath of land than this storm did, but the effects were felt widely in the area. Alert […]

Maria Helena Carey

Dining:

District Doughnut: A Capital Doughnut

News:

New Start-Up Split Expands Service to the Neighborhood

DC:

Capitol Hill Resident’s Petition to José Andrés Goes Viral

Events:

RightRides Will Bring You Home, Will NOT Ask You To “Smile, baby”