Unlike some of the anti-social pervs here, I take my tablet and play a game or read. If the restaurant isn't too busy, I chat up the servers. If I'm seated and other single comes in, sometimes I ask if they'd like to join me if I haven't ordered yet.
It's nice to sit by a window and relax while people watching.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.