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.
Please do note that we are starting at an earlier time during June – 5 pm to 7 pm.
Posted in Drinking and Writing, Publetters, USPS, writing in pubs, Yards Brewing Company
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Tagged Fergies Pub, good Philly pubs, handwritten letters, philly beer week, Publetters, the slow writing movement, United States Postal Service, USPS, writing letters in bars
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Sometimes things go awry at Publetters: a bout of writers’ cramp, a stamp that won’t peel up off the sheet, a leaky fountain pen. And one grumbles, “Oh, fiddlesticks” and wonders if the whole enterprise is worth it. THEN AN ENVELOPE LIKE … Continue reading →
Posted in Drinking and Writing, Publetters, writing in pubs, Yards Brewing Company
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Tagged drinking and writing, good Philly pubs, Pub On Passyunk East, pub writing, United States Postal Service, USPS, writing and drinking, writing letters in bars
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…Letters, that is–the best total yet during this merry, somewhat mushy month of May at Pub On Passyunk East. We wrote: a lovely thank your note to our current President, a private letter (the contents of which we know nothing about–really, … Continue reading →
Well, we don’t like to be all velvet rope about it–but with the crush of the Craft Brewer’s Conference, this little sign was vital in saving a patch of real estate at the Pub On Passyunk East to set up … Continue reading →
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: On the first Tuesday of every month, there is an interesting scheduling conflict – which you and you alone must decide how to settle. Doobies Bar, the birthplace of Publetters, holds its monthly edition of this letter … Continue reading →
Posted in Drinking and Writing, Publetters, Pubwriting, USPS, writing in pubs, Yards Brewing Company
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Tagged DOOBIES BAR, drinking and writing, good Philly pubs, handwritten letters, Pub On Passyunk East, To the Letter, USPS
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Rick J. calls this part of Philly “Southern Liberties” – and he may have a point. We can exalt or debunk that idea and many others every Tuesday (5/3, 10, 17, 24 & 31) in May at the Pub On Passyunk East, … Continue reading →
Posted in Drinking and Writing, Publetters, Pubwriting, USPS, Yards Brewing Company
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Tagged good Philly pubs, handwritten letters, National Association of Letter Carriers, Pub On Passyunk East, the slow writing movement, Trophy Bikes Philadelphia, United States Postal Service, USPS, William Shatner
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These are some beautiful old stamps, yes? Still, their real meaning doesn’t emerge until they are fastened to an envelope bearing a letter. That’s where you come in (the door of the Grey Lodge Pub, to be exact) on Frankford Avenue. We … Continue reading →
Posted in Drinking and Writing, Publetters, Pubwriting, USPS, writing in pubs, Yards Brewing Company
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Tagged drinking and writing, good Philly pubs, handwritten letters, letter writing, Publetters, the slow writing movement, United States Postal Service, USPS
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Thanks for pal Greg B. for the lead to this beautiful photo series on disappearing US Post Offices in the deep South, written + photographed by Rachel Boillot: Click on the photo or the link below to see the whole … Continue reading →
SAVE THE US POSTAL SERVICE join us in OLD CITY on TUESDAY, June 23, lunchtime! 