Gary Hills
@garyhills.bsky.social
Brit-Belge in the south of France with an 18th-century house and a 20th-century husband as a hobby. Food, travel, arty stuff and all that.
Saw her at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Saw DB three times; Ziggy, Thin White Duke, and Serious Moonlight. Sometimes I’m pleased with the age I am!
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Saw her at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Saw DB three times; Ziggy, Thin White Duke, and Serious Moonlight. Sometimes I’m pleased with the age I am!
Sole meunière with oven chips.
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Sole meunière with oven chips.
I took mum to a matinee at the Palladium. In the interval she casually said 'I ain't been here since I saw Judy Garland in the 50s'. Nearly dropped my warm gin.
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I took mum to a matinee at the Palladium. In the interval she casually said 'I ain't been here since I saw Judy Garland in the 50s'. Nearly dropped my warm gin.
You have a speaking dishwasher!
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
You have a speaking dishwasher!
Can't be doing with the needle drop.
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Can't be doing with the needle drop.
Oh, those daily briefings 😕
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Oh, those daily briefings 😕
Fillets of sébaste (a local rock fish type thing) mussels and chorizo. Purée of the season's first Jerusalem artichokes - love the French name for them, topinambour.
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Fillets of sébaste (a local rock fish type thing) mussels and chorizo. Purée of the season's first Jerusalem artichokes - love the French name for them, topinambour.
What the eff do they hope to achieve on X, jeez.
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What the eff do they hope to achieve on X, jeez.
We lived in Brussels for 25 years before moving down to France. Loved it + gave us the opportunity for citizenship 🇧🇪
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We lived in Brussels for 25 years before moving down to France. Loved it + gave us the opportunity for citizenship 🇧🇪
Another place we found just round the corner of our apartment ... Taberna Cofrade Las Merchanas. SO Spanish. A bar/tapas restaurant full of religious artefacts for Easter Week. Became our local.
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Another place we found just round the corner of our apartment ... Taberna Cofrade Las Merchanas. SO Spanish. A bar/tapas restaurant full of religious artefacts for Easter Week. Became our local.
It's worth googling Thyssen, she's a bit of a character - still going strong. We had a drink in El Pimpi bar (don't eat there, terrible) and she's in photos all over the wall.
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It's worth googling Thyssen, she's a bit of a character - still going strong. We had a drink in El Pimpi bar (don't eat there, terrible) and she's in photos all over the wall.
Did loads of churches. For a non-religious type I have a thing about crying Madonnas and baroque chapels. Museo Carmen Thyssen was a memorable visit; a massive private collection of Spanish art. A mixed bag for my taste but so glad we went.
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Did loads of churches. For a non-religious type I have a thing about crying Madonnas and baroque chapels. Museo Carmen Thyssen was a memorable visit; a massive private collection of Spanish art. A mixed bag for my taste but so glad we went.
Mostly around food unsurprisingly. Going to the main Mercado to buy fish/seafood for our dinner one night. Then back the next day for lunch. A great dinner in the very busy Tapeo de Cervantes. And a posher last-night dinner in Beluga.
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Mostly around food unsurprisingly. Going to the main Mercado to buy fish/seafood for our dinner one night. Then back the next day for lunch. A great dinner in the very busy Tapeo de Cervantes. And a posher last-night dinner in Beluga.
We had a great time in Malaga last week.
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We had a great time in Malaga last week.
Came to this late. Did a scrackly pork belly, nothing fancy, just it with apple sauce and all the bits.
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Came to this late. Did a scrackly pork belly, nothing fancy, just it with apple sauce and all the bits.
I'm a Post Office Tower type too. As a kid in the 60s we lived up Denmark Hill way. I can remember seeing it go up on the skyline. At the same time as St Paul's was covered in square scaffolding to repair blitz damage. Blimey, I'm old.
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I'm a Post Office Tower type too. As a kid in the 60s we lived up Denmark Hill way. I can remember seeing it go up on the skyline. At the same time as St Paul's was covered in square scaffolding to repair blitz damage. Blimey, I'm old.
We're just back from Andalucia where restaurants are empty until at least 9pm. Exhausting!
November 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
We're just back from Andalucia where restaurants are empty until at least 9pm. Exhausting!