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.
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 SAVE THE US POSTAL SERVICE join us in OLD CITY on TUESDAY, June 23, lunchtime!:
We are “just passing on through” this neat & new hotel bar tucked next to the second-floor lobby of the also-new Aloft Hotel…
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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We will be in a different location come October (see below) – BUT NOT YET. Tonight, join us for one last Publetters in one of our favorite bars–Bridgewaters Pub, nestled just inside 30th Street Station, 30th and Market Streets, Philadelphia. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bridgewaters Pub, craft beer, ink, postage stamps, pubs, SEPTA, The Bishops Collar, United States Postal Service, USPS, YARDS BREWING
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Bridgewaters Pub is tucked just steps from one of the grandest public spaces in Philadelphia, the main waiting room of Amtrak 30th Street Station. Bridgewaters has handsome woody interior, a kitchen several notches above your usual tavern, and offers a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amtrak 30th Street Station, Bridgewaters Pub, postage stamps, pubs, SEPTA, The Pub in 30th Street Station, United States Postal Service, University City, USPS, YARDS BREWING
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SAVE THE US POSTAL SERVICE join us in OLD CITY on TUESDAY, June 23, lunchtime! 