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
10 Nov 2021

Dining:

Thanksgiving Ideas To-Go

You know how the best part of Thanksgiving is to be able to pull on your dressiest sweatpants and eat until the tryptophan kicks in? That’s right: The best way to give thanks is to eat at home. The following post is made possible in part by our Twitter community. You have shared favorite Thanksgiving […]


09 Nov 2021

News:

Hill Buzz

It’s a beautiful Tuesday and it’s the Buzz. Despite nature’s best efforts, mosquitoes are not dead yet, but we keep going forward. What’s going on in the area? First up, if you have a child ages 5-11, they can get their COVID vaccine. (!!!) Need to find a location? Visit the District’s Coronavirus portal or […]


05 Nov 2021

To Do:

The To Do List: Week of November 5, 2021

Remember, remember the fifth of November. Hopefully yours won’t have treason or a gunpowder plot, but will be lovely and memorable all the same! What’s going on? Well, it may be an absolutely luminous and gorgeous afternoon, but we’re getting a frost advisory for tonight, so before you go out and have fun you’re gonna […]


03 Nov 2021

News:

Hill Buzz

Happy November, everyone! A big, huge shoutout to the friends and neighbors who went out of their way to make our Halloween season extra happy, spooky and twinkly. Is it too early to start the #LightUpTheHill map? If you already have plans on the works to decorate your home — you know who you are– […]


02 Nov 2021

Building community:

Pumpkin Mischief? Managed

Yesterday afternoon, I received an email from reader Emily W. She’d spotted the following sign along 4th Street NE while out for a walk: The note was, in a word, heartrending. A military widow and mother of two was growing two pie pumpkins in her side yard –which is actually a small neighborhood plot in […]


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