Category: my town monday

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:12 PM PDT There are four Dairy Queen locations in Livingston County. I grew up about 5 minutes from the one... Read more

Nestled in downtown Brighton, there’s a little restaurant called the Yum Yum Tree. It’s easy to spot, being painted red brick and having a bright,... Read more

As a Midwest Town and Michigan town, the weather around Livingston County spans a pretty good spectrum. Usually, it stays pretty mild. Being surrounded by... Read more

Livingston County is part of Michigan. Around here, we call this: In Michigan, we also have Faygo. It’s a Michigan product. And one of Faygo’s... Read more

Livingston County is along three major crossroads in Southeast Lower Michigan. (For those not acquainted with the Mitten-shaped state, we here do tend to use... Read more

My little part of Michigan, happens to be still mostly rural, with a swathe of so-called civilization (or at least population) running along the middle... Read more

Like much of Livingston County, it was once farm field. Then the buildings sprouted… add water and a mall appears. Originally dubbed the Kensington Valley... Read more

Ore Creek runs through downtown Brighton. It was on this little waterway that the first mill– the start of the town– was built. The mill... Read more

Brighton was a small town for a long time. Before there were suburbs, Brighton was just another town in the middle of nowhere. And like... Read more