This short story isn't about gang stalking or being stalked, followed or harassed, but it's a short story about someone wanting to do an open diary vlog about a week-long sneak peak into how she likes living the touristy lifestyle.
I never did a short story, where the setting is based on Milwaukee, Wisconsin before (where I briefly lived after Hurricane Katrina), so here's that chance.
Sorry, y'all. I'm still sleep deprived.
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Iriana Cortez-Bethancourt, an immigrant from Spain (the Canary Islands), recently moved to the United States, after traveling all across Europe & Latin America, including Brazil. She knows that the United States is growing rapidly with the Hispanic population. She tried to live in both Chicago & Detroit, but she felt like those cities was too rough for her, so she settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
After she got comfortable living & working there for a few years, she waited until she had a 2 weeks vacation from her hotel housekeeping job. She loved housekeeping & cleaning. She also loved traveling & living in different places. She also loved being a tourist everywhere, LOL! Even after she settled & was a resident at certain places, she just loved to do whatever the tourists do.
Despite being a resident of Milwaukee for 5 1/2 years, she hired a cameraman & an interpreter to follow her while she did an open diary documentary on how she was going to spend the 2nd week of her vacation. She rested the first week. She did her documentary in the Spanish language, while her interpreter, Herminia & her cameraman, Macario followed her. The week-long diary was edited to be a 45-minute film.
Day 1 was her tour to the Riverwalk downtown.
Day 2 was her tour to the Pabst Theater.
Day 3 was her tour to the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Day 4 was her tour to the Milwaukee County Zoo.
Day 5 was her tour to the Original Cheesehead Factory.
Day 6 was her tour to the Public Market.
Day 7 was her tour to the Irie Zulu restaurant. Maffe was her favorite dish.
Iriana encouraged the cameraman & the interpreter to follow her on her journey. Each day, she would do an introduction & a quick history. Then, she would encourage the other 2 to follow her. She would jokingly say at the end of each segment, "You know you love to follow me!" She had to do each segment, 5 minutes apiece, with an additional opening & closing. The film was able to make it to being checked out at local libraries across the nation. Her documentary was even featured for Women's History Month.
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