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OBAMAMAIL, and beyond…

Posted on January 24, 2017 by phillytyper

This past Sunday, the New York Times wrote about an extraordinary American institution: The Letter A Day program of the Obama White House. George Washington got 5 letters a day, the NYT reported; Barrack Obama’s daily mail totaled 10,000. A team … Continue reading →

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The Final Publetters of 2016!

Posted on December 22, 2016 by phillytyper

Last Tuesday we marked the Publetters-Before-Christmas with a nice stack of handwritten mail.  We reached out to the Naughty (Pauly Shore), the Nice (Frank Ocean), the Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and the Outright Disgusting (Donald Trump) – and of course, to … Continue reading →

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Farewell (for a while) to Chestnut Hill

Posted on November 29, 2016 by phillytyper

Tonight, take shelter from the (warmish) rain inside the snug confines of McNally’s Tavern, very near the highest point in Philadelphia. We will lay out the pens and stationery and US Postal Service stamps very near to 7 p.m. and go … Continue reading →

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We’ll Keep On Writing Letters, That’s One Thing We Shall Do.

Posted on November 17, 2016 by phillytyper

Joe BIDEN–you just keep being you, OK?  … is perhaps what it says inside this one, written earlier this week. We didn’t stop there; we wrote to Salcha, AK, for the first time ever, and we didn’t forget about the Tavern … Continue reading →

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BOO! We’re almost done at Local 44

Posted on October 21, 2016 by phillytyper

Each Tuesday at LOCAL 44, we’ve come up with more and more letters, including this one below, that shows love can be a bit scary at times. We scarcely had time to finish our Yards IPA, hand-pumped out of the basement … Continue reading →

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WEST PHILLY-BOUND!

Posted on September 30, 2016 by phillytyper

Greetings, are you seated comfortably?  Let’s us first just take a moment to look backward fondly at Manayunk and Lucky’s Last Chance: we hung there on Main Street for every Tuesday in September, and discovered a whole new floor on … Continue reading →

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Manayunk is like, a Thing!

Posted on September 8, 2016 by phillytyper

We came, we saw, we drawed! Yes, it was better in the original Latin, we know. In our debut at Lucky’s Last Chance, which overlooks Manayunk’s urbane Main Street, we made a very brisk start right out of the gate. We filled out … Continue reading →

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JUST ONE PUBLETTERS in AUGUST…

Posted on July 31, 2016 by phillytyper

We are treating August as a vacation month for Publetters while we work on our writer’s pallor and consider what it might be like to wear a sweater outdoors again. BUT, THAT SAID… It is our solemn duty to remind you that Doobies Bar … Continue reading →

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Well. We snagged a BEST of PHILLY!

Posted on July 22, 2016 by phillytyper

There it was, in black and white (and red, and purple, etc.). Under Best Geeky Fun, sub-category, Best Fun for Literary Types – was Publetters, “…semi-regular nights in which you pen letters…” Thanks, Philly Mag. Note Well: Publetters is now … Continue reading →

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Note Well …

Posted on June 22, 2016 by phillytyper

The Yards ESA was hand-pumped from the cellar; but that little score in waltz time came from the heart. Here are a few of the letters we all wrote on Tuesday, the penultimate Publetters of June (and next-to-last one at Fergie’s Pub).  Please join … Continue reading →

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