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About phillytyper

Co-owner, Trophybikes in Philadelphia; live with and tolerate computers; but I also dig manual typewriters. Shoot film from time to time, as a break from the rush of digital. Favorite bikes: Brompton S3L-X, Surly Cross Check, SURLY Long Haul Trucker Favorite camera: Leica M4, Fujifilm X20, Nikon F4. Favorite typewriter: Olympia SM9, Olivetti Lettera 22.

We’re at the P.O.P.E. every single Tuesday evening in May, for your letter-writing pleasure.

Posted on April 26, 2018

EVER WISH YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS? Slow down with us and write an actual ink-on-paper letter every Tuesday this month of May at the Pub On Passyunk East, 1501 E. Passyunk Ave. (at Dickinson)   … Continue reading →

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“…April is the Coolest Month”. Follow us far beyond Northern Liberties, higher than Fishtown, well past Kensington…

Posted on March 29, 2018

To the GREY LODGE PUB, at 6235 Frankford Avenue. (7pm-9 pm, every Tuesday in April. First one: 4/3)  This two level pub is one of Philadelphia’s original great beer bars, where a great selection of brews await, along with a … Continue reading →

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HI, MOM, COOL TAT!

Posted on March 1, 2018

The above pretty much says it all–but let’s see:   Be sure to come early, as we set out our stationery and stamps and pint glass full of pens at 5:01 sharpish. Another reason to come early is that TMom’s … Continue reading →

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PUBLETTERS RETURNS to the STANDARD TAP for FEBRUARY (first one 2/6)

Posted on February 2, 2018

IT’S FEBRUARY–the month that contains Valentine’s Day! Get ahead of the other Romeos and Juliets this very Tuesday, the first of 4 such Tuesdays in the month.  We will set out an array of nice stationery and stamps and fill … Continue reading →

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PUBLETTERS will be at the intimate LIBRARY BAR, hidden away behind the lobby of the Rittenhouse Hotel; join us This Tuesday, 1/23, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Posted on January 22, 2018

There is a lovely, intimate (and a bit spendy!*) bar stashed just behind the lobby of the Rittenhouse Hotel (210 W. Rittenhouse Square). We will be in a corner of The Library Bar, with a Samsonite Slim-Line briefcase that has … Continue reading →

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PUBLETTERS IS THERE, at AQUI•MERO! Join Us… under the awesome dome of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on South Broad Street

Posted on January 15, 2018

This very Tuesday, the 16th of January, Publetters continues its inconspicuous circuit of Center City hotel bars and lounges. We will set up our Samsonite SLIM-LINE (TM) brief case, loaded with stamps and stationery, at AQUIMERO, the handsome lounge set … Continue reading →

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THIS TUESDAY – 101 N. Broad Street, at the W XYZ Bar; join us from 6 to 8 p.m.

Posted on January 8, 2018

Originally posted on For FEB.—we are upstairs at the Standard Tap, 2nd & Poplar !:
We are “just passing on through” this neat & new hotel bar tucked next to the second-floor lobby of the also-new Aloft Hotel at 101…

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THIS TUESDAY – 101 N. Broad Street, at the W XYZ Bar; join us from 6 to 8 p.m.

Posted on January 8, 2018

We are “just passing on through” this neat & new hotel bar tucked next to the second-floor lobby of the also-new Aloft Hotel at 101 N. Broad Street. THUS, please don’t ask the host or bartender “Where’s Publetters?” Instead, look … Continue reading →

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AD HOC HOTEL BAR TOUR–starts Jan. 9

Posted on January 2, 2018

For January Publetters will be peripatetic: we will visit a different hotel bar/lounge every Tuesday, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. •  We will announce locations each Sunday night, both here and via Twitter/Instagram @publetters.  PRO TIP: Hotel Bars can … Continue reading →

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We’re in the home stretch for 2017– at DOOBIES BAR this very DECEMBER

Posted on December 2, 2017

OK, do you really want to be part of the throng who vow to stay more in touch with their friends and relations … in the New Year? Why wait to make a resolution? – take action now and put … Continue reading →

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