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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

Your After-School Treat Guide

I cannot lie: back-to school time is my favorite time of year. There was a time when it didn’t quite use to be as exciting: I was the unfortunate child who had to deal with a birthday on or around the first day of school, and my elementary school was large and stodgy and they […]

Volunteers Needed at the Brethren Nutrition Program

Ponder this question as you go through your morning or afternoon commute: do you truly know your neighbors? Here on the Hill, we have all kinds of people comprising our village. We have neighbors who bike and neighbors who parent; young, transient neighbors and young, invested neighbors; we have some puissant neighbors, too. Some neighbors […]

The Happiest Hour: Atlas Brew Works, Now Serving Pints!

We have incurred the holy wrath of some of you out there by trying to extend the boundaries of Capitol Hill before. However, this is such a delicious piece of news, we hope even the most stringent by-the-book boundary supporters won’t mind this foray beyond H Street, because BEER. As some of you may know, […]

Upcoming construction near Thurgood Marshall Judiciary Building

Just when it seemed that the greater Union Station area was done with the construction that has uglified the grounds for years and snarled traffic along Massachusetts Avenue, until the will to live is all but gone, a new construction area has been set up in the open space adjacent to the Thurgood Marshall Federal […]

Hilly Awards Nominations NOW OPEN!

You love Capitol Hill– all of it. You shop, dine, and carry out as much of your business as you can in this large, diverse and welcoming neighborhood we all call home. It’s time to tell those businesses that make this place awesome that you appreciate them and reward them accordingly! Nominations are NOW OPEN […]