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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

To Tree or Not To Tree

I have a complicated relationship with Christmas trees. I think they are beautiful, but they are also a needly, sappy mess. I think they are stately, but it seems you must look very hard in order to find one that has a not-crooked top branch, to avoid that Charlie Brown look. I think they are […]

Freshman on The Hill

In the pantheon of mythical childhood figures, there is one that cannot be praised highly enough in Capitol Hill: Ms. Frances Slaughter. The first time I heard her name, there was an echo of reverence in the voice of the person who said it. As my son kept approaching the right age to join a […]

ANC 6B Roundup

The ANC 6B meeting was held Tuesday night at 7 pm, with all commissioners in attendance, albeit ANC 6B-11 still being a vacant seat. The following are highlights: Chair David Garrison called the meeting into order a few minutes after 7 pm, with about 15 members of the community and a few guest speakers, including […]

Freshman on The Hill

In the heart of our livable, walkable village there is a gaping inconsistency. It’s like a game of “One of these things is not like the others.” Capitol Hill’s mostly quiet grid opens up at C Street, NE, starting around 15th Street, like a large gash on its way to RFK stadium and dumps a […]

Freshman on the Hill

Living in Capitol Hill for the past three years has been a real pleasure and a joy. But there are always moments that rock me to the core — moments that remind me that Capitol Hill is part of a big city with big city problems, and that it behooves me to watch out and […]