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.
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 →
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 →
Posted in Drinking and Writing, Hotel Bars, Hotel Lounges, Publetters, USPS, Yards Brewing Company
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Tagged craft beer, drinks, Hotel Bars, ink, letter writing, Sponsored by Yards Brewing Company, The Library Bar at the Rittenhouse, The Rittenhouse Hotel, Trophy Bikes PHL, United States Postal Service
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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 →
Posted in Hotel Bars, Hotel Lounges, Publetters, USPS, writing in pubs, Yards Brewing Company
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Tagged AQUIMERO, Hotel Bars, letter writing, pubs, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Philadelphia, United States Postal Service, USPS
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Originally posted on Have to follow us around on Tuesdays in January! READ ON…:
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.…
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 →
Posted in Drinking and Writing, Hotel Bars, Hotel Lounges, Publetters, Pubwriting, writing in pubs
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Tagged Aloft Hotel PHL, Aloft Philadelphia, Avenue of the Arts, craft beer, Hotel Bars, letter writing, United States Postal Service
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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 →
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 →
Posted in Drinking and Writing, Publetters, Pubwriting, writing in pubs, Yards Brewing Company
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Tagged craft beer, DOOBIES BAR, drinks, Pilot Rollerball V-5, postage stamps, pubs, Sponsored by Yards Brewing Company, Trophy Bikes Philadelphia, United States Postal Service, US Postal Service, USPS
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Talent means nothing–unless you show up. And they did, despite a miserable, chilly rain that blanketed Philly from start to finish. When we were done, 28 cards and letters slid (had slud?) into the mail box, bound for sunny Palm … Continue reading →
OK, with two Tuesdays behind us, we’ve put more than 50 carefully hand-written post cards and letters into the hungry mail boxes of the United States Postal Service. That is but a drop in the ocean of First-Class Mail the … Continue reading →
We had a very encouraging start to this long (FIVE Tuesdays’ run) October at The Bishop’s Collar, a Fairmount pub of the classic variety. Letter-writing recidivists Woody D. and Robert E set the tone early, and we had 22 letters … Continue reading →
Posted in Drinking and Writing, Publetters, Pubwriting, USPS, Yards Brewing Company
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Tagged craft beer, ink, John McCain, Love Letters, postage stamps, pubs, Screaming Females, The Bishops Collar, United States Postal Service
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