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

Publetters host (and paper maven at Casa Papel) Nestor Torres peers over our final stack of handwritten mail from January at Strangeloves Bar in Wash West.

These letters are now all over the US, including sunny California!

For February, we return to Northern Liberties and to one of the city’s best pubs–The Standard Tap, at 2nd and Poplar.

We’ll be there every Tuesday  (2/3, 10th, 17th & 24th) starting promptly at 7 p.m. in their fireplace-equpped second floor. Brave the chill and warm someone’s heart with a personal letter. FREE, of course, with stationery by Casa Papel and stamps courtesy of Trophy Bikes.

Cheers!  Mike and Nestor, your Publetters hosts.

Last week’s Publetters upstairs at Strangeloves went swimmingly, and we added a slew of new cities to the list, including hard-working Pennsauken, NJ, and Hammonton–becoming known for its taco and burrito blocks!

          NOW, comes the question–will we have a Publetters show during the first really big snow of the year?  As of Sunday afternoon, we say YES, BUT–please do watch this website/Publetters on Facebook and before you head over, maybe call Strangeloves around 6 p.m. this Tuesday, 1/27.  215-873-0404.

We think hanging out in their cozy upstairs bar, watching the snow swirl, and writing letters to loved ones, might be a nice early evening out–if you’re nearby, or close to the Regional Rail/PATCO / subway lines, which generally work well here even in the snow.

We did a spur-of-the moment, ad hoc, maybe even off-the cuff Publetters at Meehan’s Downtown, a classic tavern just across the street from the America’s Mart — where the Gift Show is hosting a stack of greeting card companies and their reps.  A few hours, a few Guinness Stouts and a few dozen letters later, we said goodnight, but not without a picture, courtesy of greeting card maker and developer Andrew Meehan (no relation to the pub owners, but he wangled us a space there for the event!).  We’ll be back in Philadephia at Strangelove’s the next three Tuesdays, January 13th, 20th and 27th, starting at the crack of 7 p.m. each evening.

NEW FOR 2015:

First, join us at DOOBIES BAR, 22nd and Lombard this very Tuesday, 1/6 for the first Publetters of Twenty-Fifteen. Starts at 7pm, like all* Publetters–and it’s free.

Wednesday–if you’re in Atlanta, GA–we will be at a special one-off Publetters. Meehan’s, 200 Peachtree in Downtown Atlanta–starts *early–6:30 p.m. Still Free!

For the rest of JANUARY, it’s a brand new venue: Strangelove’s Beer Bar, 216. S. 11th St. We’re there for three Tuesdays, 1/13, 1/20 and 1/27.

FEBRUARY–we’re back upstairs in the Standard Tap, 2nd and Poplar Sts., every ever-lovin’ Tuesday in the month. 2/3, 2/10, 2/17 and 2/24.  Get those Valentines ready!

Resolved: to write more letters this year.

Got a final letter into the mail box at Amtrak 30th St. Station, with 6 hours to spare–close by cosmic standards–won’t be received till next year! Coming soon–a January Publetters, and next week, a special “one-night-stamp” in Atlanta, Georgia at Meehan’s Pub Downtown–next to the Gift Show at the big convention center there. Details next week. Happy 2015 to you all.

Okay; following a great article in the Inquirer, we braced for the inevitable backlash–instead, there came another complimentary story in the Philadelphia City Paper. Please read it/tweet it/Like it, and all that, but above all, please come on out to write out a letter with us at:  The Standard Tap on 12/9, and Fergie’s (Officially-20-Years-Old) Pub on 12/16. We will have some special holiday paper (from Casa Papel), and Xmas/Kwanzaa/Hanukkah stamps (courtesy of Trophy Bikes ) all ready for you.  Publetters is always free; just bring words.