Category Archives: Drinking and Writing

HI, MOM, COOL TAT!

The above pretty much says it all–but let’s see:   Be sure to come early, as we set out our stationery and stamps and pint glass full of pens at 5:01 sharpish. Another reason to come early is that TMom’s … Continue reading

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PUBLETTERS RETURNS to the STANDARD TAP for FEBRUARY (first one 2/6)

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

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PUBLETTERS will be at the intimate LIBRARY BAR, hidden away behind the lobby of the Rittenhouse Hotel; join us This Tuesday, 1/23, from 6 to 8 p.m.

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

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THIS TUESDAY – 101 N. Broad Street, at the W XYZ Bar; join us from 6 to 8 p.m.

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

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We’re in the home stretch for 2017– at DOOBIES BAR this very DECEMBER

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

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FERGIES PUB: good turnout in rain is heartening!

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

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40% of Publetters sessions at The Bishop’s Collar completed!

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

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OPENING NIGHT REPORT: The Bishop’s Collar, 24th & Fairmount, PHL

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

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Fare Thee Well September!

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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PUBLETTERS IS BACK: in 30th St. Station!

 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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