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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 July 22, 2021

Sure, the air is hazy and the quality has been bad– though so much better today! Thank goodness you can duck into most of the Smithsonian museums without timed passes! The NMAAHC (click here for tickets) and the National Zoo (click here for tickets) still require timed tickets, but most of the rest are open […]

Hill Buzz

Good evening, neighbors! The air is hazy these days as a result of the Oregon fires raging since early July (Salem Statesman Journal). However, the one upside has been the incredible sunsets and sunrises we’ve seen across the region. JDLand mused about the haze on Twitter thusly: There was a shooting outside Nationals Park on […]

The To Do List: Week of July 15, 2021

Happy almost weekend! Read this and go watch a movie by the Library of Congress! And don’t forget: We’re having a picnic with @eat_dc this Saturday, July 17, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. There will be pizza from We The Pizza and baked goodies from Capitol Jill. Stay a little, stay a lot, say […]

A hive full of friends at Honey Made

The pandemic has not stopped the entrepreneurial spirit in the District as new businesses have opened and thrived. When Summit to Soul’s Kim Wattrick decided to close her store this spring, Barracks Row had one more empty storefront to contend with at 727 8th Street SE– not to mention, a space that had been devoted […]

The ongoing saga of 319 Pennsylvania SE

Update: The official name of the LLC named in the lawsuit is PENNSYLVANIA 319 LLC, not 319 PENN LLC. The attorney representing HANDLE 19, INC has been made aware of this error. You may recall that 319 Pennsylvania Avenue SE has been a lot in the news lately. The space has been home to some […]