Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: ( Written last year during a trip to CA . I 'd never posted it here , but was inspired to do so now because of a journal by a friend on OKCupid . ) I ate dinner alone tonight , in a very nice Italian restaurant in Berkeley . The friends hosting me had a prior engagement for dinner , and left me to my own devices . 
Question: What were my " own devices " ?
Output (English): Finding a place to eat on my own .