The Hill is Home | Maria Helena Carey, Author at The Hill is Home

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

Remembering Kim, Beautifying the Neighborhood

Sometimes, life hands us nothing but sadness, sorrow, and unspeakable horror. We wonder why little children starve to death in utter squalor; why there must be wars that seem to lose their meaning the longer they drag on; or why a vibrant and beloved member of the community and mother of two had to die […]

There is Still Time…

… to enter our first-ever Photography Contest! Summer is the time for going crazy with the camera, and we’re sure you have one (or ten!) contest winners hiding in your computer files. So what are you waiting for? Send us your awesome shots, people! Read up our contest’s fine print in the original post — […]

The To Do List

Let’s open with a tried-and-true line, shall we? HOT ENOUGH FOR YA??? Well, we are deep in the throes of the dog days of summer, and in the middle of a big, bad heat wave– Friday is supposed to be over 100 degrees and sensitive groups should stay indoors. So let’s find you some fun […]

Monday Morning Circle Time

So how was your weekend? Did you get to enjoy the last dregs of really perfect, excellent weather, a.k.a. “The Summer weather we should always have,” before the heatwave is upon us? Did you belatedly celebrate France? Did you weep along with the US Women’s soccer team? Tell us in the comments, won’t you? Here […]

32 Below: Two Sticky Thumbs Up

I freely admit to having somewhat of a Goldilocks problem in my life: things have to be “just right” or I do not feel at ease. Take delicious treats, for instance: you would think that one amazing confection would be the same as any other, and I should thank my lucky stars that our neighborhood […]