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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.

28 at 44!

Posted on October 12, 2016 by phillytyper

Twenty-eight Letters, that is–at Local 44, to give the full name of this month’s venue for the highly-esteemed-and-pressed PUBLETTERS.  Our intrepid letter writers doubled the evening’s tally (we had 14 letters in our opening Tuesday) to 28 utterly sincere, ink-on-paper epistles. …Among … Continue reading →

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WEST PHILLY-BOUND!

Posted on September 30, 2016 by phillytyper

Greetings, are you seated comfortably?  Let’s us first just take a moment to look backward fondly at Manayunk and Lucky’s Last Chance: we hung there on Main Street for every Tuesday in September, and discovered a whole new floor on … Continue reading →

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“… to Boldly Go… To MANAYUNK…”

Posted on September 13, 2016 by phillytyper

The atmosphere at Lucky’s Last Chance is nearly identical to that of Earth – or “Center City”, as some call it.  There is a surface transport hub operated by S.E.P.T.A. just a short distance from Lucky’s. Our group will gather to take … Continue reading →

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Manayunk is like, a Thing!

Posted on September 8, 2016 by phillytyper

We came, we saw, we drawed! Yes, it was better in the original Latin, we know. In our debut at Lucky’s Last Chance, which overlooks Manayunk’s urbane Main Street, we made a very brisk start right out of the gate. We filled out … Continue reading →

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JUST ONE PUBLETTERS in AUGUST…

Posted on July 31, 2016 by phillytyper

We are treating August as a vacation month for Publetters while we work on our writer’s pallor and consider what it might be like to wear a sweater outdoors again. BUT, THAT SAID… It is our solemn duty to remind you that Doobies Bar … Continue reading →

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Well. We snagged a BEST of PHILLY!

Posted on July 22, 2016 by phillytyper

There it was, in black and white (and red, and purple, etc.). Under Best Geeky Fun, sub-category, Best Fun for Literary Types – was Publetters, “…semi-regular nights in which you pen letters…” Thanks, Philly Mag. Note Well: Publetters is now … Continue reading →

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Southern. Writing. Evenings.

Posted on July 1, 2016 by phillytyper

  There’s a clean, well-lit place just around the corner from the Italian Market in South Philadelphia. We’re setting up our little stand of stationery and stamps at Coeur–on 8th Street, just above Christian. Please join us for our debut … Continue reading →

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Note Well …

Posted on June 22, 2016 by phillytyper

The Yards ESA was hand-pumped from the cellar; but that little score in waltz time came from the heart. Here are a few of the letters we all wrote on Tuesday, the penultimate Publetters of June (and next-to-last one at Fergie’s Pub).  Please join … Continue reading →

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In the noisy, crowded pub, she picked up her pen…

Posted on June 20, 2016 by phillytyper

… A-Ha’s one and only hit single was blasting out of the jukebox; Fergie’s Pub was rattling with chatter and laughter. But she heard only the words she was putting onto the page–and just as her group made to leave–she … Continue reading →

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One For The Box!

Posted on June 8, 2016 by phillytyper

We missed some of you at Fergie’s  on Tuesday, June 7–for the first Publetters session there.  We wrote to our kids, to Tig Notaro, to some, er, “associates” in L.A., and to Mom & Dad, to name a few–actually, tons … Continue reading →

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