Tag Archives: USPS

Envelope Optimisation

Posted on May 27, 2016 by phillytyper

    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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And then there were Twenty…

Posted on May 18, 2016 by phillytyper

…Letters, that is–the best total yet during this merry, somewhat mushy month of May at Pub On Passyunk East.  We wrote: a lovely thank your note to our current President, a private letter (the contents of which we know nothing about–really, … Continue reading →

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Veni, Vidi, Scripti?

Posted on May 7, 2016 by phillytyper

Well, we don’t like to be all velvet rope about it–but with the crush of the Craft Brewer’s Conference, this little sign was vital in saving a patch of real estate at the Pub On Passyunk East to set up … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow’s Dilemma…

Posted on May 2, 2016 by phillytyper

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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Going to SE Philly… (after NE Philly)

Posted on April 28, 2016 by phillytyper

Rick J. calls this part of Philly “Southern Liberties” – and he may have a point. We can exalt or debunk that idea and many others every Tuesday (5/3, 10, 17, 24 & 31) in May at the Pub On Passyunk East, … Continue reading →

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Your Words / Our Stamps / This Tuesday

Posted on April 22, 2016 by phillytyper

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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Ahh, write now, before right now is yesterday!

Posted on April 5, 2016 by phillytyper

Thanks for pal Greg B. for the lead to this beautiful photo series on disappearing US Post Offices in the deep South, written + photographed by Rachel Boillot: Click on the photo or the link below to see the whole … Continue reading →

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That time between the mail’s arrival and the reading…

Posted on April 4, 2016 by phillytyper

… goes about like this…https://www.instagram.com/p/BDySQhhzVPB/?taken-by=publetters  

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Warm up near the pizza oven tonight!

Posted on January 19, 2016 by phillytyper

Cold is relative; think about the warm emotions a nice letter brings out on the second reading.  Join us tonight (19 Jan.) for the third Publetters of January at Clarkville, 43rd & Baltimore Ave., where the pizzas rival the craft beers, or … Continue reading →

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PUBLETTERS MAKES CLARKSVILLE DEBUT

Posted on January 8, 2016 by phillytyper

SOMETIMES a letter needs to wear a coat of ink, especially when it’s freezing outside!  The first Publetters in University City came off without a hitch at Clarkville, a pizza-meets-craft beer joint just off (d’oh) Clark Park at 43rd and Baltimore. … Continue reading →

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