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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

David Guas at Hill Center, Bayou Bakery Preview

Last night, a packed house filled the Abraham Lincoln hall at the Hill Center to listen as Bonny Wolf led Chef David Guas through an entertaining talk. Topics covered ranged from Guas’s love of grilling and his new book Grill Nation, to the giddiest and most exciting elephant in the room: Bayou Bakery‘s new digs […]

Maury’s ThinkTank & STEM Expo is Tuesday 4/28! (With BATS!!)

There are so many great things about living on the Hill; however, one of the best ones has to be the wonderful community of parents and teachers at our elementary, middle, and high school level. They work incredibly hard and bring out the best in our kids – and they also make great things happen! […]

Hill Buzz

Morning, Capitol Hill! Pinch-hitting for Claudia, who is in a way nicer place right now and I am not bitter. Here are a few tidbits from around the intertubes on our favorite neighborhood: Washington Business Journal reports that Stanton-Eastbanc has finally been given the green light to start work on the Hine School project. […]

Doug Hughes, 61, Lands Gyrocopter on Capitol Lawn

Another day, another bizarre happening unfolds in our Nation’s Capital– specifically on the United States Capitol lawn, where 61-year old Florida postal worker Doug Hughes decided to fly a gyrocopter to deliver a message on campaign reform to Congress, according to reports from several sources including the Tampa Bay Times. Frankly, here at The Hill […]

And Your #BarMadness15 Winner is……

Capitol Hill: you have voted in amazing numbers and have decided by a landslide that Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar is your #BarMadness15 WINNER! It was a tough road to the top, but throughout the contest, Little Miss Whiskey’s managed to stay on top beating formidable foes with comfortable margins: first it was Bistro Cacao, […]