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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

Vote for your favorite Green restaurant!

I seriously love to talk about food and about restaurants. I love to talk about all the different ways you can eat it and baste it, roast it, fry it, sauté it and smother it in something else, for instance. I also love to talk about where my food is coming from and where it […]

Share Your Supermoon Pictures With Us!

I have just learned via the Interwebs that Saturday’s moon is supposed to be a SUPERMOON. What does that mean, you ask? Apparently, the moon is closer to earth around this time of year, and so it’s going to look absolutely gigantic! So, in addition to all the awesome things you are planning to do […]

Fun for your Humpday: It's FroYo time.

Hey there, everybody! Remember how I told you last week all about the Ben and Jerry’s Greek Frozen Yogurt truck? Right! So, let’s make it happen on the Hill, shall we? This could be our bit of Humpday Fun for the universe: we all get on our smartphones and reach out to the truck, begging […]

Weekend East City Event Round Up: April Super Saturday Edition

Saturday April 14 52 O ST (11am to 5pm) This might be your last chance to visit the studios and visit the working artists as the wrecking ball looms to make room for yet another development in Eckington. For more information click here Off Rhode Gallery (12pm to 3pm) The Brookland Gallery will be hosting […]

Who screams for FREE Greek-style frozen yogurt? WE ALL DO!

Yes, you read right: Ben and Jerry’s has an ice cream truck, which is giving away FREE Greek-style frozen yogurt, starting this Monday, April 16th, through May 11th. But we’ll only get it IF WE SCREAM A LOT, which in internetspeak, this means that we let them know we want them to come to our […]