The Brooklyn Flea Came To Pittsburgh

The Brooklyn Flea Came To Pittsburgh

NYC ER nurse for two decades. Basketball junkie, lover of performing arts. I’m back in my native Pittsburgh and have many tales to tell

Episodes

As To How It Really Was…..

April 2, 2024 • 22 mins
My Podcast Conclusion. I went to a film and a couple hidden truths in my subconscious came to light. In regards to being an Emergency Department nurse in New York City……
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Showing The Future The Past

March 19, 2024 • 19 mins
Every college basketball fan MUST have a dream. Same one I had. The one that could never come true and why I’d get teared up at the NCAA tourney championship final buzzer……HOWEVER, for me it did happen!! My beloved Jay Wright led Villanova 2016 & 2018 NCAA champs? Well three of them are on the same NBA team, they are all starters, friends. What makes it completely a trip to Fantasy Island? As if that itself was not enough? They are...
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If I’m Not New York, I’m Nothing.

February 12, 2024 • 21 mins
Bit of a heartbreaking & not embellished at all tale of how ALMOST my entire biological family treats me like a delinquent loser.
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Time To Expose Some Toxic Coaches

January 28, 2024 • 23 mins
This is my personal experience in western PA of a school district I have known TOO long. It was begrudgingly mine back in the day. Some obviously MISERABLE humans are being allowed to coach kids & they are killing their spirits. Good athletes are quitting my beloved game of basketball due to how AWFUL these coaches are. It’s unacceptable. The people in charge of these men are ALLOWING this to continue and I want to know WHY. How he...
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How Christmas Spirit Can Be Zapped

December 24, 2023 • 23 mins
Christmas can be happy, lovely, fun…..but it can be sad, deflated even ruined for many reasons. There is ONE reason that people CAN control and eliminate. But yet year after year, those same folks never seem to try. My personal story of how my own spirit was deflated is told in this episode. Please don’t let my frustration and tone bring you down if you listen. Because I promise you. The gift of listening to my podcast is huge to m...
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Do NOT Pity This Blind Guy!

November 19, 2023 • 23 mins
The so called Holiday Season can be anything but the “most wonderful time of the year” for many people. This round? Include me. I figured another true as can be tale of my ridiculous adventures would be an amusing diversion for listeners. I hope you smile at least a little and moreseo? If you ARE like myself and feel a rough holiday stretch coming? You are in my HEART……I assure you. With Love, Christine
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(MY) Peace, Love and Basketball

October 28, 2023 • 23 mins
The opening week of basketball season inspired me to explain how connected I am to the game…..and also how much it has and had a huge impact on basically my entire life. Plus the explained credit due to the handful of people that helped make it my Peace & Love. 🏀❤️🏀
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Sitting In Bars With Cake

September 16, 2023 • 18 mins
Despite a positive nod from someone I trust actually probably the most in the world, ME with a Podcast just seemed impossible. So to my listeners…whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come! Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome. 🎤🗽❤️
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A Truly Flea Market Version Of My Podcast

August 30, 2023 • 17 mins
If there’s even a slight chance at getting something that will make you happy, RISK IT. Life’s too short and happiness is too rare.
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Coast To Coast In A Saab~Revisited .

August 13, 2023 • 26 mins
Maturity is the ability to walk away from people and situations that threaten your peace of mind, self respect, values, morals or self worth!
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My Quest For Mr Rogers Neighborhood

July 28, 2023 • 18 mins
Follow my gypsy like flea market loving self through the highlights of the homes I have had! And why I chose them……it was all about finding MY own neighborhood.
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Batman Was My Next Door Neighbor!

July 14, 2023 • 16 mins
When you truly do not care what CERTAIN PEOPLE think of you, YOU have reached a dangerously awesome level of freedom!!! by the way, the photo attached to this episode, one taken by me, I kinda believe was the way in and out of the BATCAVE......
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One Of The MASH Arrows Says Coney Island

July 1, 2023 • 17 mins
Everything in this world is temporary. Life changes. People come and go. And seasons never last. Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination....... Love, Christine
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The Tenants Across The Alley

June 18, 2023 • 17 mins
THE PHOTO IS THE METAPHOR~~for the title of this episode~~Continuing the tale of my entire life change when I moved back to Pittsburgh after 20 years of working and living in New York City. This episode gives a glimpse into that which surrounds me in my beloved apartment. With the twist being people and situations outside my walls that are making me realize I did NOT see and/or “hear it all” as an inner city ER nurse for two decade...
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NYC to Pittsburgh Culture Shock!

June 10, 2023 • 14 mins
After two decades in NYC working as an ER nurse, the inevitable had come~~back to Pittsburgh where the family is. My life is SO different, I’ve been back for two yrs now and in THE best apartment building downtown. Kaufmanns! But I still miss my New York terribly. Will I ever get over it all?
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