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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

First Bite: Chupacabra Taqueria

As I sit here and try to recreate my first bite experience over at Chupacabra Taqueria‘s new bricks and mortar store, located at 822 H Street NE, I am distracted. My distraction: I have a cheese-filled Venezuelan style arepa in the fridge. A crunchy, cheese-filled delicious fried corn cake that is begging to be eaten […]

Open House Round-Up for 5/19/13

Guest contributor Dare Johnson Wenzler is a Capitol Hill resident, Realtor and co-owner of First Vine Wine Imports + Sales. This post also appears on her blog Real Estate On (and off!) the Hill. Until I saw 617 Pickford Place NE, I fancied myself a jaded world-weary real estate sales professional who was immune to the charms […]

The Smithsonian Needs You: Volunteer at the National Postal Museum

One of the best things about living in DC is that we are very close to world-class museums and all that they have to offer. Most of these museums are free thanks to the generosity of the Smithsonian Institution and the United States government; but they need your help to keep making them great. Specifically, […]

Your Mother's Day Hill Gift Guide

By now you probably know, Sunday is Mother’s Day. Advertisers would have you think that this is the only day when you are supposed to pencil in some time for mom. But, wrong: after all, this is the woman who bore you, bored you, adopted you, took you under her wing, and otherwise raised you to become […]

Alive Juices: Now delivering supernutrition to the Hill

Some days, it’s good to drink something that you know is not just refreshing and tasty, but that is also going to get your body chock-full of good nutrients that will counterbalance having eaten that cheeseburger and the bag of Doritos for breakfast (#notjudging). But if you’re a busy person who doesn’t have much time […]