CiNYC Host Christopher picks up our latest Code Tripper in Long Island City – 11101 to be exact. Our dynamic duo cruises the city in our Pontiac Codester to explore some viewer suggestions on what’s cool in their zips. We grab a delicious dosa in Washington Square Park, play some stickball with Mets great Ron Darling in 10019, and take a tour with Tony Muia – Brooklyn’s resident pizza authority. You won’t go hungry on this Code Trip!

Grimaldi’s Pizzeria
19 Old Fulton Street, 11201
www.grimaldis.com

Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour
www.bknypizza.com

What is your favorite street game?

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John Korduba is the poet for people who are bored by poetry. “Each poem is a soft tipped arrow aimed to brush past your funny bone and then bounce off your verse averse heart,” he says. As one of our Code Word contributors, the author of Everybody Gets Lost in Brooklyn will share his unique musings on life in NYC. Prepare to be tickled, New York.

Day Off

Outside my window, leaves are falling

soon I will be rising

today’s great decision

toast with jam? Or without?

ah, such a comfort knowing you’re at work now

somebody has to keep this world turning

I see you

alert at your desk

tail up, ready for the hunt

permit me to poke an arm out from under my quilt

to salute you

oh, if only I could join you there

on this royal morning

but somebody has to keep an eye on those leaves.

Fall

The world is ending

I see its leaves being gathered and stored

held in dark green bags that

strong men will remove at dawn

the leaves don’t cry

why do I?

What Do Like About New York In The Fall?

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John Korduba is the poet for people who are bored by poetry. “Each poem is a soft tipped arrow aimed to brush past your funny bone and then bounce off your verse averse heart,” he says. As one of our Code Word contributors, the author of Everybody Gets Lost in Brooklyn will share his unique musings on life in NYC. Prepare to be tickled, New York.

Barter

Chipmunk

who made you so small?

Come closer

accept these nuts I’ve flung

and don’t ask

what you can give

me in return for I

would tell you that

you give

by accepting.

Cleaning Day

In my cluttered apartment

choas is king

and I’m sure his crown

is around here somewhere.

Where in New York Do You Get Close To Nature?

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New York City is an incredible place to raise children. Just ask husband-and-wife writing team Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender, who followed their successful book My Subway Ride with My Taxi Ride. They show us that New York is not only a playground for children, but also a classroom in which you can learn just by stepping out of the door. Paul and Jennifer delight in communicating the wonders of the city in a way that kids can appreciate. The joys of the city are not just in the places you go, but how you get here. While they currently live in Massachusetts, Paul and Jennifer are active in Brooklyn Public Library’s Meet the Author program and continue to make appearances around the country to speak about storytelling and the writing process. One of their latest ventures is Nascar ABCs, a book that teaches the alphabet through the exciting world of car racing. CiNYC host Hank meets with this writing duo, who teaches us that each journey is a discovery – whether it’s by subway, by taxi, by car, or on foot.

www.jacobsandswender.com

www.gibbs-smith.com

Read up on Hank’s Code Read ventures here!

Which codes hold Your Favorite Bookstores?

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Forget the Brooklyn Bridge! A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour worships landmarks in the form of pizzerias. Native Brooklynite and tour guide Tony Muia treats pizza lovers to Zagat- rated Grimaldi’s for a perfectly charred Neapolitan pie and L&B Spumoni Gardens for a thick Sicilian slice (corner square, please!). Learn the history of pizza, visit famous Brooklyn movie locations, explore Keyspan Park, Coney Island and more on a pleasantly full stomach.

Tour Information:

When: Fridays, Saturday, Sundays and Mondays at 11:00am. These are the standard tour times; please click the link below to see all currently available dates.

Length: Approximately. 4 1/2 hours

Price: Adults: $75 • Children under 12: $65 (tour includes pizza & soft drinks)

Meeting Place: 4th Avenue between 13th and 14th Street, just off Union Square(exact details provided upon purchase)

Tour Highlights:

-Learn about the history of the Brooklyn Bridge while standing nearby on Old Fulton Street.

-See Coney Island’s historic amusement park and boardwalk.

-See million dollar homes along scenic Shore Road in Bay Ridge.

-See the Brooklyn Army Terminal where Elvis shipped off to Germany in 1958.

-Ride along tree lined streets of Brooklyn brownstones.

-Learn about George Washington’s Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

-Visit locations from movies filmed in Brooklyn such as “Saturday Night Fever”, “The French Connection”,“Scent of a Woman”, “Requiem For A Dream”, “Annie Hall” and many more.

-See Keyspan Park – home of the Brooklyn Cyclones and baseball’s return to Brooklyn.

-Learn about Brooklyn-born celebrities.

-Learn about the history of pizza from Italy to Brooklyn.

-See Trump Village – the development where The Donald’s dad, Fred, first made his fortune.

A Slice of Brooklyn Bus tours also provide a Neighborhood Tour and a Christmas Lights Tour. Find more information on their Web site listed below .

A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour
Tour leaves from Union Square
www.asliceofbrooklyn.com

Are you a self-proclaimed pizza connoisseur?

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John Korduba is the poet for people who are bored by poetry. “Each poem is a soft tipped arrow aimed to brush past your funny bone and then bounce off your verse averse heart,” he says. As one of our Code Word contributors, the author of Everybody Gets Lost in Brooklyn will share his unique musings on life in NYC. Prepare to be tickled, New York.

Distraction

The branch brushes against the window

making me look

but is it the branch that seeks my attention

or the wind

using the branch as its agent?

To play it safe

I assume that they’re

both

trying to bug me.

Park With Swans

This morning before work

I stopped by a

park with swans

shook off their morning dew and

picked up their briefcases and

marched to the office

leaving me behind to

glide smoothly on the lake

all day

all day

all day long

Where in New York inspires you the most?

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Music recipes from the Big Apple are served up daily at The Deli Magazine. This blog is solely dedicated to local bands and artists living in NYC. Up and comers you haven’t heard of yet, as well as popular break out bands get the star treatment from the only deli to which you can subscribe! Reviews of bands, lists of concert dates, and a 24 hour music channel keep the news fresh, along with info about recording, promoting and performing in the Delicious Audio Blog and Listings section. This site is for fans and performers alike – so turn your computer up and dig into what The Deli is cooking!

We spoke with Yael Greenberg, The Deli Magazine’s Magnificent PR Girl, to hear what sounds good in the Big Apple.

Tell us about your blog: what is the premise, what are your main coverage areas, how did you get started? The Deli started in 2004 as a magazine exclusively focused on emerging and underground music made in NYC. A few months later thedelimagazine.com was born. Since then we expanded to SF, LA, Nashville and for some reason Burlington, VT. We have daily updated blogs in separate web pages that deal with all these cities’ scenes, and printed magazines in NYC and LA.

Here are the links!
NYC – www.thedelimagazine.com
LA – www.thedelimagazine.com/la
Nashville – www.thedelimagazine.com/nashville
SF – www.thedelimagazine.com/sf
Burlington (VT) – www.thedelimagazine.com/burlington

What brought you to New York?
My brother and the will to find opportunities in the entertainment industry as well as living a life of adventures and randomness in NY.

What do you love about living in New York?
That time is not a real issue in a sense of age, season, month. It goes by here so quickly that I barely feel it. I love that everybody is either a model, actor, musician, artist or all of the above.

What do you think makes a New Yorker?
Not being from NY, knowing where to go on your subway in order to get off exactly at the right spot at the platform in your station.

What surprises you about New York or New Yorkers?
I’m surprised that New York is a city to party in but usually the streets are empty kinda early. Also, it’s weird that everybody here communicates through each other blogs instead of meeting.

When you leave New York, what do you miss the most?
I haven’t left NY since I arrived but I guess I’ll miss McCarren Park.

Do you know any tricks or insider info?
Work for a music magazine or know someone that does to get free tickets to concerts. If you need to work on your laptop and not sit in a coffee place then go to the closest Apple store and sit in the lecture area with the free wi-fi for as long as you like.

Best corny tourist attraction that you secretly love?
All flea markets and the Williamsburg Bridge.

Best neighborhood bar?
The Gutter – tons of good beers and bowling!!!

Best late night joint?
Beatrice but only because of the people I go with otherwise it’s another see and be seen place.

Last cultural thing that you did (movie, museum, theatre, etc…)?
Art exhibition in Harlem called HomeBase.

Best fancy schmancy restaurant?
Not going to any but Sweet Aater is a not fancy great restaurant in W’burg.

Best place to meet members of the opposite sex ?
The subway

Best live entertainment venue?
The Box – don’t bring your kids.

Take a bite out of the Deli Magazine at www.thedelimagazine.com.

There’s more to be heard on this website too. Listen up at coolinyourcode.com/category/segments/vocal_code/

Where do check out new music?
Post a comment below and give up some lip about the best sounding zips.

John Korduba is the poet for people who are bored by poetry. “Each poem is a soft tipped arrow aimed to brush past your funny bone and then bounce off your verse averse heart,” he says. As one of our Code Word contributors, the author of Everybody Gets Lost in Brooklyn will share his unique musings on life in NYC. Prepare to be tickled, New York.

Downpour

The rain bounces

onto glossy pavements

umbrellas

pop open

like blooming flowers

couples clutch

under awnings

heaven pours down

and

if you look up

your face gets blessed.

I Work Nights

I work nights near a marina

on my break

I go sit on the dock

where

a big yacht is moored

some nights its decks are filled

with dancing couples

I think

a yacht party must be the perfect spot

to propose to someone

“Listen, I’m on a break so I have to make this quick.”

what’s the perfect spot to propose in New york?

Post a comment below and let us know!

Coming next week to code words: NYC food guy!

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Stacey Smith is a twenty-something, not quite New Yorker. She fancies herself to be, though, in that she lives well out of her means in an East Village share. Moving here two years ago to search for life, love and a house in the Hamptons, she’s realizing that the New York minute really only applies to take-out. While waiting, Stacey blogs, makes ads, and shops for vintage shirts she can wear as dresses.

Tell us about your blog: what is the premise, what are your main coverage areas, how did you get started?
Public Display of Infection is a compilation of stolen intellectual property. I love Gawker, Jezebel, Contagious, New York Magazine, so I use those blogs as a beat report for what’s going on in the city. What are people talking about? Who’s playing tonight? What did Lindsay do this time? It’s sort of like re-reporting on New York’s social, political, and pop culture affairs where I get to make jokes and push my opinions on others. I’m very self indulgent like that.

What brought you to New York?
I had a lay over two years ago and stayed.

What do you love about living in New York?
All the possibilities.

What do you think makes a New Yorker?
Complaining about neighborhood gentrification.

What surprises you about New York?
It sleeps.

When you leave New York, what do you miss the most?
The bread. New York has the best Italian bread, bagels, pizza dough…but you can’t make good bread without good water. New York has really good tap water. So I guess I’d miss the water.

Best corny tourist attraction that you secretly love?
The Double Decker Sightseeing tours. I really like pointing, waving and sitting down.

Best neighborhood bar?
Any bar I can request a song off the bartender’s iPod. Cut to next question…

Best late night joint?
Lil Frankies on 1st and 1st. My friends and I made friends with the bartender one night. Two margherita pizzas and three vodka sodas later he was our after hours DJ. I didn’t know I loved Michael McDonald so much.

Last cultural thing that you did (movie, museum, theatre, etc…)?
I went on a date with a photographer last week.

Best fancy schmancy restaurant?
Freeman’s. It’s schmancy but not fancy.

Best place to meet members of the opposite sex?
Phoenix Bar on 12th and 2nd. Lots of shirtless unavailable men.

Best live entertainment venue?
14th Street subway stop, pretty awesome guy playing the bass. My friends and I call him “Note.” Cause he only plays one note. Either that, or when Bad Guy books studio time.

Sample more of Stacey’s witticisms at
http://publicdisplayofinfection.blogspot.com

To see who else is hanging out Around the Blog, visit www.coolinyourcode.com/category/segments/around_the_blog

What brought YOU to New York? Post a comment below and let us know!

Wouldn’t it be cool if you had a friend who always knew what to order at that new French place, which movies are worth the 12 bucks, or what’s happening on any given night of the week? Well, the neighborbee blog wants to be that friend. Founder Anthony Lobosco gathered an intrepid group of “drones” to help you make the most of the five-borough hive we all call home. Contributors can help find a hot new band to check out, tell fans how to get their sports on without going to a game, even recommend the city’s best flea markets. With friends like these, you’ll be busy as a bee.

Tell us about your blog: what is the premise, what are your main coverage areas, how did you get started?

neighborbeeblog is affiliated with neighborbee.com, which is an internet startup whose purpose is to bring every part of your neighborhood online, from your apartment building to your local bakery (neighborbee is currently in an invite-only beta, and will be launched shortly).

neighborbeeblog was started to highlight all the great things going on in new york city, whether it’s a new boutique or a book signing. We have (thus far) 16 columnists who cover comedy, music, events, fashion, dating, manhattan, film, sports, art, brooklyn, books, food, theater, nightlife, kids & family, and real estate.

What do you love about living in New York?
I love the fact that there is always something going on, always something new to do. - Doug, Sports

What do you think makes a New Yorker?
Understanding the weekend service changes for the subway, which seem to be out of control lately!
- Amanda, Events

What surprises you about New York or New Yorkers?
They’re generally a well-mannered bunch. -Afroblanco, Music

When you leave New York, what do you miss the most?
I miss feeling like a member of the masses — you know, being able to walk out at any time of night, even if it’s 4am, and see other people. Even though those people are sometimes creepy, it’s nice to see that they’re there. - Kat, Books

Do you know any tricks or insider info?
Work from home. - Angela, Fashion

Best corny tourist attraction that you secretly love?
Riding the Staten Island Ferry. -Nick, Nightlife/Photography

Best neighborhood bar?
Professor Thom’s (East Village) - Chris, Manhattan

Best late night joint?
I love a late night run to Crif Dogs, even though on most visits I’m not even eating anything. You’re pretty much guaranteed to bump into a fun mix of characters here as other places begin to shut down.
– Lara, Food

Best fancy schmancy restaurant?
Park Avenue Winter/Spring/Summer/Autumn. So amazingly delicious, and the fact that the menu and decor changes with the season gives you a reason to go back four times a year. Plus, if you do, the waitstaff totally remember you. -Adam, Comedy

Best place to meet members of the opposite sex?
Through friends or a social activity/group, particularly kickball. All of my friends who play have dated at least one other person from the league. It may seem incestuous, but you really can’t argue with the results. -Kate, Managing Editor

Best live entertainment venue?
The subway, those breakdancing kids are so cute! Also I love the comedians on the A when you come home on a Sat or Sun after midnight, they’re perfect for hangovers. - Stephanie, Kids & Family

www.neighborbeeblog.com

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