I think there'll be a whole legion of people currently describing these experiences to their psychiatrists and blaming me," laughs Anderson, now 43 and sipping ginger tea on the patio of his splendid Notting Hill house, cheekbones still intact.
Being a history buff and a generally thirsty fellow, I arranged not long ago to visit a collector of vintage barware at his splendid Nob Hill penthouse overlooking San Francisco Bay naturally at cocktail hour.
It sits on a hill in splendid isolation with wonderful views of Etna, the huge active volcano.
High on a hill with splendid views of the Verrazano-Narrows and Goethals Bridges, Mr. Dietz and Mr. Berger, 20-year-residents, describe themselves as homebodies who wanted the whole house-yard-dog thing long before it was popular in their circles.
Ironically, for a director whose most celebrated film was The Sound of Music (1965), shot in the Tyrolean hills in splendid Todd-AO and De Luxe Color, Wise's forte was for gritty, economically made, black-and-white realistic dramas.
Klabin's Gold, son of Strike the Gold and Splendid Launch, resides up the hill.
That it has gained a foothold in this splendid old church on the hill is the most satisfying thing on the Priory's menu.
Near Azángaro, the man next to me pointed out a splendid hacienda set between green hills.
Situated on a splendid Mediterranean harbor, surrounded by hills and blessed with an average 300 days of sunshine, a variety of museums, great restaurants and a vital, multicultural population, it has just about everything a visitor could ask for.
IF guests can manage to secure a table on the ample covered patio, they will have a splendid view of the western hills, a bit of the Hudson River far below, and, if the timing is right, an amazing sunset.
