Up North Blog

Each week we will feature at least one product in the Orchard Report, our email newsletter…sometimes at a discount, other times simply because we love it so much! This week….Cherry Pumpkin Cake!  A rich, buttery frosted pumpkin cake with plump dried cherries and the perfect combination of fall spices.  Perfect for two to share!  Learn more […]

The first person to email us here who can correctly identify where this picture was taken will win a Cherry Republic gift box!  Be as specific as possible, the judges will need to be convinced that you know the answer.  We’ll post the correct answer as soon as someone gets it right! HALLOWEEN (Week 5) PHOTO: Congrats to Nancy […]

From the looks of it, things have calmed down quite a bit around town after Labor Day.  But as there once used to be a saying that you could shoot a gun down M22 and not hit a thing after the start of the month, that’s not so true these days.  Still, it’s a gentle […]

When the media asks me, The Bear, whether Cherry Republic sales are up this summer because of the Good Morning America’s coverage.  I growl that we are, but is our growth rate curve steeper than other years?   Not significantly.   Whatever the level of impact our most beautiful designation had, our region is being discovered by the […]

A look at a sampling of what was left behind in Glen Arbor after the summer of 2012: We understand leaving behind a copy of Coup D’Etat in your Leelanau Vacation Rentals cottage or condo….but a Shampooch and Tooth Fairy 2 DVD?  For shame! This handsome and well-loved leather fanny pack misses its owner.  There was even […]

To Cherry Republic, pie stands for generosity and abundance.   We gratefully share the earth’s abundance.   Is there any more important words that this company lives by?  Our overflowing sample bowls, free gift boxing, the cards, the support we give to local groups.   Our staff also generously gives positive energy to each customer that comes in. […]

What does Life, Liberty, Beaches and Pie stand for? It was 23 years ago when I created this motto on a t-shirt. I needed those words in gold and black to sit below a drawing of a beautiful cherry tree and big red Cherry Republic text. In past weeks, I talked about Life and Liberty. This […]

Life, Liberty, Beaches and Pie! It was 23 years ago when I created this motto on a t-shirt.  I needed those words in gold and black to sit below a drawing of a beautiful cherry tree and big red Cherry Republic text.  Last week, I talked about what the word “life” stood for.  This week I […]

What does Life, Liberty, Beaches and Pie stand for? It was 23 years ago when I created this motto on a t-shirt.  I needed those words in gold and black to sit below a big red Cherry Republic.  The design called for Cherry Republic to feel like a country.  And since I was a teenager, my […]

The Cheney Family were the high bidders in our most coveted Inaudible Auction to date: an instant transformation into Cherry Republic employees, and a morning of hard labor in Glen Arbor.  We think they enjoyed their time with us despite all of the intense labor.  Here’s a peek at their day: Before we started working, I […]

2 weeks ago, we decided it was time for an Up North photo contest….what does Life, Liberty, Beaches and Pie mean to you?  And you showed us in over 130 photos.  Here are the Round 1 results (it was very tough to decide). For the funniest photo that captures what the north is all about, we […]

Cherry Republic has two cherry trees in our gardens.  And miraculously, our cherries are doing pretty well.  I think this weekend, some might be ripe and ready to pick. Speaking of our garden, the roses are spectacular right now! After 7 years, Steph finally drove our tractor.  Here she is moving a sandpile to our new sandbox. Cree […]