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

Maria Helena Carey
11 May 2010

More Than Just Cupcakes at the Fine Sweet Shop

Recently, a friend was lamenting that we do not seem to have a gourmet cupcake option on the Hill.  And although I agreed and lamented along, I started thinking about it and realizing that it’s not exactly true.  While it is true that we do not have hip new places — with the exception of […]


06 May 2010

Uncertain Times Ahead for the Virginia Avenue Community Garden

For almost six years, the Virginia Avenue Community Garden (VACG) has brought the neighbors and community south of the freeway together.  Back in 2004, the parcel bordered by I-295, L Street, SE and 9th Street, SE, was a neglected lot of land belonging to the DC Department of Parks and Recreation.  It attracted nothing but […]


06 May 2010

To Our…

May is a month of reverie On which flowers, like love, do bloom. Tenderness flows, oft awkwardly However heartfelt it may be. Enough with all the cheesiness! Read on for our Gift Guide, won’t you?


06 May 2010

It's Teacher Appreciation Week!

Whether school was a happy experience or not for you, I bet you remember with fondness an educator (or two, or ten?) who made a positive difference in your life.  For me, it was my Senior year English teacher, whose unabashed love of grammar and syntax follows me to this day.  Thanks to her, I […]


27 Apr 2010

Stitch DC: The Purl of Capitol Hill

Aside from the eye-catching colors, the I-wish-I’d-made-that crafts and the I-gotta-have-it yarns and fabrics, the thing that will grab you first when you step inside Stitch DC is just how nice owner Marie Connolly is. The day I went into her store to chat a little and take some pictures, she was taking a phone […]


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