On Sat, 22 May 2021 21:21:52 +0100, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 22/05/2021 21:14, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 20:49:43 +0100, S Viemeister
>>> On 22/05/2021 20:28, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 22 May 2021 20:07:47 +0100, S Viemeister
>>>>> On 22/05/2021 16:36, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>> On Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 11:08:01 AM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
>>>>>>> You can buy them from street venders all over NYC. They have push
>>>>>>> carts with a coal stove and a pile of sweet potatoes... there they are
>>>>>>> called "baked". They are sold during the cold months and are kept in
>>>>>>> pockets as hand warmers.
>>>>>> Oh, look. It's still 1947 in Sheldon's World.
>>>>>> <https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/20/archives/westchester-weekly-how-sweet-it-was-the-potato-cart-of-yore.html>
>>>>> I spent quite a bit of time in NYC studying at AADA, and although hot
>>>>> chestnut, pretzel, and hotdog vendors were common, I never saw a hot
>>>>> sweet potato vendor. Now I know why. There weren't any.
>>>> I loved those chestnuts.
>>> My sense memory just kicked in - I can smell them now.
>>
>> The first time I had some was right by Radio City Music Hall waiting
>> for their Christmas show (my first and last time at that - I howled
>> with laughter because they had real camels but a plastic Baby Jesus)
>>
>I've only been there once - for a movie, followed by the stage show. Saw
>the movie, but the place was evacuated before the stage show, due to a
>smoky fire somewhere in the building.

It is a great place to see movies- well except for that time all the
mice were marching around the balcony.....