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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

Fun For Your Humpday: It's Fun to Give!

Shameless pandering, you say? Not so, dear readers: it IS fun to give, and today is as good as day as any to do it! Today is Give 2 the Max day across the region, and what better way to insure that you continue to have fun at amazing places like the Atlas Performing Arts […]

Overbeck Lecture on November 8th: Gordon S. Brown

Here at THIH we feel that a key component of our public service is to make sure you get to attend as many nerdy events as your heart desires. And one of the most amazing, awe-inspiring, and downright nerdiest of this neighborhood’s charms is the Ruth Ann Overbeck Capitol Hill history project, a carefully quilted […]

Fun for your Humpday: Clearly, Not Humpday

Hi there everyone! Clearly, I was having SO MUCH FUN yesterday (not) that I completely blanked on having a post for you all. But fear not: I bring a couple of tasty morsels to make it through the day. First up, whether you’re an office drone, a busy shop owner, or a stay-at-home dad who […]

Fun For Your Humpday: Occupying This Space

Hello everyone! Unless you’ve been living under a rock, there’s kids camping out on McPherson Square and they are mad enough at corporations that they are not going to take it anymore. So what can we do if we want to join the movement? Well, there is a reason (a NSFW one) they say that […]

Want to Learn More About Smart Meters? There's a Meeting for That!

I admit it: whenever my electrical bill comes, I am always baffled as to how my household is capable of using/spending/wasting THAT MUCH energy in just one month– even in the months where there is no air conditioning and there is no need to leave the lights on a lot, lest you never get out […]