MY LIFE

I'm a native of western Pennsylvania and have lived more than half my life in northeast Ohio. I was born Alana Miltak in New Eagle, Pa. I graduated from Gateway Senior High School in Monroeville, Pa., in 1967.

 

I'm the divorced mother of two terrific sons. My firstborn son, Zack, works in property managment in Chattanooga, Tenn., where he lives with his wife, Hollie. My younger son, Mikey, known professionally as Mikey Machine, had an indie-pop-rock band called Machine Go Boom, currently plays with Megachurch, and lives in Cleveland, Ohio.


This is not Alana. This is her son Mikey Machine
Photo by Lou Muenz

I have made a hobby of learning about and visiting the many Clevelands in the United States. Whenever I'm in a Cleveland, I try to meet some of the local folks, take pictures of signs and landmarks and pick up an indigenous stone as a souvenir for my collection of "Cleveland Rocks." (I've dedicated a portion of this site to this pursuit.)


Here are Alana's son, Zack, and his lovely wife, Hollie
Photo by Kandice Ledford

I'm a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers, "Star Wars" movies and books that reveal even more about the saga's main characters, "Harry Potter" books, ABC's "Lost," Showtime's "Dexter" and, of course, HBO's "Six Feet Under."

 

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