Get Your Drink and Your Penmanship On In Center City

The art of letterwriting is a lost art, and more’s the pity. There’s something irreplaceable about the experience of sitting down with pen and paper to handwrite a missive to someone. We’ve tried to sub in the speedier, flashier digital equivalents – texts, e-mails, IM, and Kik messages – but analog lives stubbornly on. There’s nothing quite like opening mail from someone you love. The feel of the paper, the lingering scent, and the intimacy of handwriting all betoken a deeper connection than any of our modern communiques.

Do the write thing!

Those who can appreciate a good letter will be delighted to find out that a Center City pub is hosting themed events on Tuesday nights dedicated to this endangered art. And just in case you needed an incentive – you can totally drink at the same time!

Michael McGettigan owns Doobie’s Bar at 22nd and Lombard. He says that he has grown weary of seeing bar patrons hunched over their phones while visiting her establishment, barely socializing with either seatmates or strangers. McGettigan is a fan of old-fashioned letters, and dreamed up the idea for the “PubLetters” theme nights after being inspired by his other obsession, classic bicycles. Both letters and bikes are throwbacks to a simpler time, he reasons, and we live in a day and age where simplicity is sorely lacking in our lives.

If you’ve never written a letter before, you are still more than welcome to come out! McGettigan himself will offer tips on how to structure and format a letter, and stamps / stationery will be provided to anyone willing to put pen to paper. The bar will be serving its full menu, so you can quaff an icy pint while penning your deepest sentiments.