I am so excited to be writing this monthly photography column for The Hill is Home! As a professional family and wedding photographer I have spent many years discovering and refining ways to get beautiful candid photos that grab attention and tell a story. As a photo geek, I love sharing the tips and tricks […]
I’m in Miami this week, enjoying the 82-degree marine breezes. But as I type this, I am thinking of an event I am happy I won’t be missing, and which I think Capitol Hill residents may take for granted, especially the longer they’ve lived here: I am talking, of course, of the days leading up […]
This year, with Halloween falling on a Sunday, we have three jam-packed days leading up to the big night of Trick-or-Treating. Kick things off with Hilloween on Friday — it’s one of the best block parties all year — and then take a ghost tour before dressing up as a zombie for Thriller. Speaking of […]
Alexandria? Sure, it’s “nice”, but who wants to cross the river? Embassy Row? Way too much hiking between giant mansions. Georgetown? Meh, nothing there you can’t find pictures of online. No, hands down, the best place to spend Halloween in DC is on the Hill. We’ll have a much more detailed guide for you in […]
I’m always amazed to see how rituals develop. One year someone has an idea, and suddenly things take off and become greater than the sum of their parts. My husband, the early bird, was the first one to see them, on our first Halloween on the Hill. “They are HUGE!” he practically squealed– and if […]