Archive for the ‘Lifestyles, Culture & Inspiration’ category
OTP’s Guide to Street Art: London
Next to being a drunk, pikey football fan, graffiti is up high there on the list of ways to piss off a bobby in London. Government officials have launched a massive crackdown to ensure the streets and tube trains are visually clean, but street artists are still slathering the town with colorful images and anti-establishment [...]
OTP’s Guide to Street Food: London
Once upon a time, London’s culinary reputation consisted of boiled meat, mushy peas and soggy potatoes. These days, London is known not only for its Michelin restaurants and innovative cuisine but also for street food with amped-up flavor. OTP fondled the royal food jewels of London to bring you our guide on eating like [...]
Everyone Loves Blood: OTP’s Guide to Eating Blood Around the World
Black pudding, blood pudding or blood sausage – whatever you call it, it’s bloody and the rest of the world thinks it’s crazy tasty. Usually in the form of a coagulated animal-juice filled sausage, its exact origins are up for debate. Rumored to have been invented by some ancient Greek chef around the first centuries [...]
5 Movies You Must Watch Before Going to London
Written By: Sarah Binion London’s intricate canals, Victorian buildings and gritty winding streets have been the backdrop for hundreds of movies and nailing down just five pre-departure flicks is as hard as getting into the Queen’s knickers. We at OTP rise to the challenge to bring you the five best screenshots of London. Drink a [...]
Bootleg Drinks Around the World
Booze can be damn expensive, hard to come by or downright illegal in some parts of the world. But as they say in the brewing community, “where there’s a still there’s a way”. To help you understand the extent some people go through for their buzz, OTP’s cooked up some of the funkiest, dangerous [...]
OTP’s Guide to Street Food: Chiapas, Mexico
Written By: Bianca Rappaport and Anna Starostinetskaya Way more than the bastardized burritos and nachos you pick up at window #2, Mexican food is such a big deal, the cuisine was named by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of mankind. Suffice it to say, Mexicans don’t fuck around when it comes to food. Spicy, [...]
Sex in Buenos Aires: Guide to Getting Laid for Girls, Guys and Gays
Buenos Aires is a hotbed of sexual experiences just waiting to be discovered. The romance of Paris mingled with fiery Latin culture guarantees an explosive roller coaster ride in the bedroom (or if you feel like taking the Jesus roller coaster, they’ve got that too). Let OTP supercharge your libido with these tips (and [...]
OTP’s Guide to Street Food in Paris
If you think Parisians eat expensive shit like snails, frog legs, duck liver and ox tongue on the daily, OTP is about to whip you up a healthy serving of Frenchie food truth. This culinary empire drips down to street level, losing some dollar signs along the way and banging out some of the best [...]
Getting Drunk with Locals: 10 Best Local Bars in Madrid
Rather than downing a pint of beer and getting smashed before the sun goes down, Spaniards take it Barry White slow. Their bull-like stamina comes from lining their stomachs with a tapa before downing a caña (small glass of beer) and heading to the next stop to do it all over again. OTP’s Top 10 [...]
10 Sexiest Germans of All Time
When Germans breed, the results are statuesque specimens who exude a massive amount of sex appeal. Whether you agree or disagree, grab a bubbly brew and enjoy OTP’s Top 10 Sexiest Germans of All Time. Gay or straight, ask any man which German he’d like to find in his bed, and the likely answer [...]
