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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

Come Join the FUN at H Street Festival!

It’s Saturday afternoon. You won’t be cleaning the garage or the attic anytime soon; it’s too late to start a yard sale; most places for brunch have a 45-minute wait and surly staff, tired of serving early birds Margaritas. So what can you do? Come down to H Street NE!!! Clearly, we need your best […]

Things We Take For Granted: Las Placitas

You, long-time resident of Capitol Hill, may or may not have ever eaten at Las Placitas. If you have, you more than likely agree with me that it’s an awesome little restaurant. (Unless you are joyless and heartless, in which case I cannot help you. I kid, I kid.) If you don’t, you may wonder […]

Market Meals: The Tiny but Mighty H Street Farmers' Market

Fearing that Market Meals is becoming a little too Eastern-Market-centric, my fellow THIH writers suggested I try shopping someplace different– a rather mindblowing concept, but one that I approached as one should do any new challenge: with an open mind, and cold hard cash on hand. The challenge: try to suggest a meal for you […]

Update: Capitol Hill Animal Clinic

You may remember a mention on this blog about Capitol Hill Veterinary Clinic closing to make way for a future restaurant venture on 8th Street, SE. I am happy to report that Dr. Murphy’s new venture is called Capitol Hill Animal Clinic, and is now located at 1240 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE — close to the […]

Remembering the King of Pop, Capitol Hill Style

Love him or hate him, no one can argue that Michael Jackson was the defining sound of more than one generation; that at the height of his fame, you could not go anywhere without hearing one of his songs or seeing someone attempting (and most likely, failing) to do the Moondance Moonwalk; or that, once […]