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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

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Here are some news you may have missed this week: Rep. George Santos continues to be… I don’t know, entertaining? NY1By the way, photographer and friend of the blog Phil Yabut captured George Santos in what’s got to be the first instance of someone looking terrible during golden hour light. Twitter/X H Street has always […]

The To Do List: Week of November 24, 2023

Happy Black Friday! Hope you’re getting all the deals you want, but please save some room for our beloved local stores. These one-of-a-kind, independently owned emporiums of wonderful are your neighbors and the people who make this neighborhood bold, brilliant and unique. Please make sure that you stop by and shop on Small Business Saturday, […]

The To Do List: Week of November 17, 2023

From myself and Robert and our families to all of you and yours, we wish you a happy Thanksgiving holiday. Without our readers, we wouldn’t exist. Without our neighbors and our cherished neighborhood, we wouldn’t have a reason to exist in the first place. Wherever you are and with whomever you celebrate this special holiday, […]

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This weekend, we celebrated 150 years of a wonderful landmark and gathering place (THIH, WTOP), and we said farewell to a stalwart of the community, former Capitol Hill Books owner and forever curmudgeon Morton “Jim” Toole (DCist). We really loved Washingtonian’s sendoff, because if there was one unifying thread in the Jim experience is that […]

The To Do List: Week of November 9, 2023

As you may have noticed, the To Do List has been a little AWOL lately, but it’s back, baby! Don’t jinx it! As we all kind of suspected, because of its ability to be born from its own ashes and its steady reliance on the money of others, our beloved Eastern Market is a Scorpio […]

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