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Please join us in our first-ever “suburban” Publetters! • • • • • • • At Tired Hands Brew Cafe (it’s free, of course)

We don’t think we’ve gone too suburban, really;  Ardmore , PA is a true small town, and we are very happy to set up our stamps and envelopes and pens inside the Tired Hands Brew Cafe at 16 Ardmore Ave., a … Continue reading

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LAST PUBLETTERS OF THE SUMMER–tonight at DOOBIES BAR

If you don’t write to your friends about your vacation, did it really happen?  Get caught up on your correspondence at Publetters, -TONIGHT-, Aug. 4th, at Doobies Bar, 22 & Lombard Sts., Philadelphia.  Casa Papel provides posh paper and envelopes, … Continue reading

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WOW–PUBLETTERS is ONE!

It was a year ago this month that the idea of pouring words onto a page and beer into a glass gently struck us, as we sat comfortably in Doobies Bar.  Owner Patty Brett encouraged us (Mike McGettigan/trophy bikes, Nestor Torres / … Continue reading

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The Exact Center of June; PUBLETTERS tonight

The nice thing about writing a letter is that you can be as flaky as you want–there are no Google algorithms judging your words, trying to ferret out what ads to show you and so on.  It’s just you, the pen … Continue reading

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Beer Week, have you met Publetters?

Against the roaring backdrop that is the Grey Lodge Pub during Philly Beer Week, Publetters made a quiet, respectable debut, with some 27 letters sent forth; we wrote to little PA towns like Bensalem–and littler PA towns like Freedom and Beaver … Continue reading

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For Philly Beer Week, Thank a Brewer! (in writing)

They slave over a hot kettle–the size of an SUV. They fret over screenfuls of cold, hard Excel files–so that you can enjoy a cold, crisp beer. Why not drop your favorite brewer a line to let them know you appreciate … Continue reading

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Letters of Consolation and Congratulation

Tuesday was Election Day, and as the minions tallied votes, we wrote notes on plain paper, posh paper and in-between paper at the Standard Tap. Two very nice ladies penned letters of consolation and commendation to a Mr. Boardman, in Washington, D.C.; … Continue reading

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Tonight’s Forecast: Cold Beers and Warm, Blue-Black Ink at the Standard Tap

One of our favorite pubs to write a letter in is the Standard Tap, and we’re there every Tuesday in this suddenly steamy May. Join us from 7:02 p.m. (give or take!) to 9 p.m. (or thereabouts…) to drink a great, … Continue reading

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April Showers at the P.O.P.E.

Traffic jams, chilly rain and falling temps could not stop Publetters’ debut in South Philly at the Pub On Passyunk East.  The first letters were completed and stamped barely 30 minutes in; as we expected, there were two sincere letters … Continue reading

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PUBLETTERS heads to SOUTH PHILLY for APRIL

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