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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

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 […]

Romeo and Juliet, coming soon (for real this time)

After years of sitting vacant, the corner of 3rd and Massachusetts NE officially has a new name: Romeo and Juliet. We’ve known about this fact for some time (you can click through the “White Tiger” labeled archives), but the sign that was installed yesterday afternoon made it official. Here it is, below: The sign looks […]

H Street’s FRESHFARM Market Celebrates 10 years!

Maybe you have witnessed the tremendous amount of change happening on Capitol Hill, and especially the H Street Corridor, in the past decade or so. It gets a little more surreal when you think of big anniversaries and milestones. It took me a couple of minutes to fathom what it means that the happy little market on […]

Pinktini 6-Month Anniversary Sale, This Saturday!

Our merry band of clever people here at THIH is always grumbling about the lack of retail options on Capitol Hill. So it was not without a small amount of surprise that this writer realized there is a lovely new boutique in the neighborhood which had completely escaped our notice. I would blame this mishap […]

Frager's, One Year Later

Some events galvanize a community. While it would be great if these events could be happy or uplifting, the truth is that we seem to be most alive and come together best when we are in the midst of a disaster, or when one of us is badly hurt. “I try not to think about […]