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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

The To Do List: Week of September 16, 2021

Every day brings new sorrows, but let’s only think about them in passing this weekend. Ironically, this weekend will be kicked off by the somber “In America” flag display by artist Suzanne Firstenberg, taking over the National Mall, at the foot of the Washington Monument. The display is bound by 15th and 17th Streets and […]

The Set List with DC Music Live: September 15-28, 2021

The music scene in and around Capitol Hill just gets better and better. In this edition of the Set List, you’ll find news about a newcomer to the neighborhood, music returning to an old favorite and the Live on the Hill series at the recently remodeled Eastern Market Metro Plaza. Songbyrd moves East to Union […]

Hill Buzz

Good afternoon, neighbors. Starting today’s Buzz with my deepest condolences to the family of Allison Hart, a 5-year old girl from Brookland who was killed by a taxi van driver yesterday a few minutes before 7 p.m. Vision Zero is not working. Read this piece from April of this year in Greater Greater Washington. Here is […]

The To Do List: Week of September 10, 2021

It’s hard to type September 10 without thinking of the somber anniversary we as Americans will observe tomorrow: twenty years since 9/11. Life changed radically in one horrifying day that simultaneously moved too fast and also as if in slow motion. I’ll be asking folks to share their stories tomorrow on our social media channels, […]

The Pretzel Bakery to reduce their hours starting 9/13

The Pretzel Bakery, 257 15th Street SE, is a beloved institution in Hill East. Fans old and young have flocked to this corner bakery for ten years (ten years?!) to celebrate, commiserate, start their day or just delight in the perfectly pillowy pastries made with love as an homage to his native Philadelphia by Sean […]