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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.

Headed for the Standard Tap…

Posted on February 3, 2017 by phillytyper

We finished up January at Fergies Pub with a solid stack of 49 letters and postcards. Sean Spicer, D. Trump, and Barack Obama will be hearing from us–in writing. You should know that we sent our first-ever Publetter to the town of … Continue reading →

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OBAMAMAIL, and beyond…

Posted on January 24, 2017 by phillytyper

This past Sunday, the New York Times wrote about an extraordinary American institution: The Letter A Day program of the Obama White House. George Washington got 5 letters a day, the NYT reported; Barrack Obama’s daily mail totaled 10,000. A team … Continue reading →

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Goodbye to 2016, we can certainly say without hesitation…

Posted on December 28, 2016 by phillytyper

We may not have felt much love for this passing year, but we shared affection and opinion with our fellows at the last Publetters of the year, in the comfy confines of Doobies Bar, 22nd & Lombard Sts. We wrote … Continue reading →

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The Final Publetters of 2016!

Posted on December 22, 2016 by phillytyper

Last Tuesday we marked the Publetters-Before-Christmas with a nice stack of handwritten mail.  We reached out to the Naughty (Pauly Shore), the Nice (Frank Ocean), the Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and the Outright Disgusting (Donald Trump) – and of course, to … Continue reading →

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Well-Done, Doobies!

Posted on December 9, 2016 by phillytyper

Fantastic! We scratched out 50 letters and cards to Athens OH, Brattleboro VT, and to those men and women who are still needing a home, at the Sunday Breakfast Mission, among others. This despite a persistent, chilly, Casablanca-esque drizzle. Thanks … Continue reading →

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Holiday letter writing at Doobies Bar

Posted on December 5, 2016 by phillytyper

Let us note that we are not perfect, no we are not, by a long shot. Maybe even a city block. That’s how far we tried to move Doobies Bar – which is and has always been at 22nd & … Continue reading →

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Farewell (for a while) to Chestnut Hill

Posted on November 29, 2016 by phillytyper

Tonight, take shelter from the (warmish) rain inside the snug confines of McNally’s Tavern, very near the highest point in Philadelphia. We will lay out the pens and stationery and US Postal Service stamps very near to 7 p.m. and go … Continue reading →

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We’ll Keep On Writing Letters, That’s One Thing We Shall Do.

Posted on November 17, 2016 by phillytyper

Joe BIDEN–you just keep being you, OK?  … is perhaps what it says inside this one, written earlier this week. We didn’t stop there; we wrote to Salcha, AK, for the first time ever, and we didn’t forget about the Tavern … Continue reading →

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Let’s climb Chestnut Hill, shall we?

Posted on October 27, 2016 by phillytyper

It was a very good October at Local 44, and we had an impressive list of letter (and postcard) destinations to reflect upon:  Vatican City, Bangkok, Sheboygan, Svit, and Upper Darby, to name a very few. We wrote to The Pope (see … Continue reading →

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BOO! We’re almost done at Local 44

Posted on October 21, 2016 by phillytyper

Each Tuesday at LOCAL 44, we’ve come up with more and more letters, including this one below, that shows love can be a bit scary at times. We scarcely had time to finish our Yards IPA, hand-pumped out of the basement … Continue reading →

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