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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: This Rockin' House

This may be taking it way off-Hill (or maybe not, Jon?), but you need to see a few of these crazy houses to get into the proper level of tacky for the holiday season. Go get some popcorn and prepare to while tons of time away with these crazy folks’ holiday light obsession. On behalf […]

Fun For Your Humpday: A Little Twangy Cheer

Hi folks! Yes, another belated Humpday fun post… what can I say? I am finally getting into the holiday spirit, however! After being a bit of a Grinch last week, I thought I would share a really fun video from the incredibly talented musicians of the US Navy Band. Ready? PS: I am kind of […]

Fun For Your Humpday: #Occupying

You know you’re sitting at your desk wondering whether you should take to the streets, even though you’re pretty sure there’s wintry mix falling out there ALREADY –although it’s only 55 degrees, so maybe it’s just your imagination, or maybe the sky is finally #Occupying the streets. And then everyone is going to go crazy […]

Fun For Your Humpday: The Least Wonderful Time of the Year

I won’t lie: the days between the gorgefest that is Thanksgiving and the gorgefest that will be Christmas are hard for me. There is an interminable amount of things to do, from trying to one-up your neighbors at putting up holiday lights/seeing who pays triple digits for their electric bill this month, to trying to […]

Fun For Your Humpday: Glaucoma and Munchies Edition

Hey there, local interwebbers! It’s no secret that we’re all more than a little enamored by the idea –if not the actual act– of getting high as a kite. No, not the actual act, I know: we know you have to pee into cups for clearance. We know DC has a much higher tolerance for […]