Category Archives: writing in pubs

Envelope Optimisation

    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

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Tomorrow’s Dilemma…

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

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Your Words / Our Stamps / This Tuesday

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

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NEW MONTH, NEW PUB!

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Hither, Yon & and Beyond

(Yes, there’s no way to ignore the sad news from Ankara and Brussels; we can only reach out to others, any way we can, and make sure they know we are listening.  Words on paper are just a small bit of … Continue reading

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Dear Cuba… I know it’s been a while, but…

Writing letters is something that President Barack Obama gets. As the New York Times reported, he uses the “10-LAD” (Ten Letters A Day) system, where he reviews 10 letters from Americans and works their messages into his messages and speeches. … Continue reading

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February Marches On!

We survived Valentine’s Day at a packed Doobies Bar! –including some inspired couples from the Rosenbach Museum’s LoveLetters/Publetters collaboration. (The Rosenbach offered a hands-on tour of vintage love letters from the Civil War era and beyond, then directed said visitors towards Doobies so they … Continue reading

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Love Letters/Pub Letters on Valentines Day

Publetters is, as always, every Tuesday in February at DOOBIES BAR. But, on Feb. 14th, Valentines Day, in a special collaboration with the Rosenbach Museum of the Free Library, we are proud to offer LOVE LETTERS / PUB LETTERS.  The Rosenbach will … Continue reading

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PUBLETTERS 2016 SKED SHAPING UP!

Okay, we have reached out to all sorts of bars to the north, the south, the east and the west and repeatedly “Gotten to Yes”, as the Harvard Biz School might put it. Our calendar is more than half-full, so … Continue reading

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Best wishes to the Monk’s Bunk!

Well, that’s a first!  We wrote to Portland and Seattle and Torrington CT, and a host of other places… then we wrote to Russia and, finally, to the capital of Estonia, Tallinn.         A good night’s work, one … Continue reading

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