SAVE THE US POSTAL SERVICE join us in OLD CITY on TUESDAY, June 23, lunchtime!

As you press SAVE on your computer, the question may nag, “Where am I saving to–and how?” Er, it’s in, or up there, somewhere, we hope.

The Philadelphia Inquirer has a nice story on how some letters were saved–the old-fashioned way.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150314_200-year-old_letters_found_in_Coatesville_home.html

Call it a cross between March’s lion and lamb, call it early April showers. But whatever yesterday’s rainy weather might be called, it was vastly preferable to a week ago.  • • • We started right on time–in a real hurry (a dozen hand-written letters in just 30 minutes) the second Publetters at Taqueria Feliz in Manayunk was off and running.  By the end, we had 30 letters, addressed to places as close as Bala Cynwyd and as far-flung as Hermosa Beach CA. President Obama will get a letter detailing the ways that cutting funding for medical residents hurts patients, and a certain paper and stationery store owner will get a note from our youngest (age 6) Publetters writer ever.

WHEN THE CHIPS (AND SALSA) WERE DOWN, OUR PUBLETTER-WRITERS CAME THROUGH…!

In between placing stamps on letters, your Publetters host Mike tried out a fried grasshopper taco–which was good, but different. He’s feeling a bit jumpy this afternoon!  PLEASE JOIN US at Taqueria Feliz for any or all of the remaining Tuesdays in the lovely month of March (3/17, 3/24, 3/31) . We start our pens at 7 pm and go till about 9 p.m.

With Kind Regards,

— Nestor & Mike, your Publetters hosts.

Writer Melissa Komar stopped by the Standard Tap to report on Publetters at the Standard Tap; she really brought out some nuances and totally nailed the headline for her story: Letters Last , it declared. We agree.

Here’s the link to her story!

OK, just in case you didn’t click on that–

WE’RE MOVING/ (as we do every month). In March, we will be at Taqueria Feliz, 4410 Main St. in Manayunk,  every Tuesday night, starting March 3rd. (10th, 17th, 24th, 31st) . Goes 7 to 9 pm, FREE, of course.

Coming from Center City or University City?  Here’s the SEPTA Norristown Line Schedule–the Manayunk stop is just one block from the Taqueria!

…which is quite respectable for a flash-frozen PUBLETTERS at the Standard Tap. We sent letters to Pretoria, South Africa, Brentford and London in the U.K., down South to Jacksonville AL, as well as Minneapolis (currently downright balmy compared to Philly) and Shawnee, Oklahoma, to name a few. Will Neil Young play a wedding? We wrote him and asked him politely. Next Tuesday (2/24), please join us upstairs at the Standard Tap  for the last Publetters of February–and the last one in Northern Liberties–we move to Manayunk for March; details shortly (let’s just say it’s a bit South of the Border).