So it was a bit of a relief when we made it back to the normally depressing airport bar, ending our time with the man whose rhetoric seems to have inspired Anders Breivik to commit the worst atrocity in Norway since the end of WWII.
And, even more mysteriously, the whole pies, served in the depressing, airport-bar-like restaurant next door, aren't half as good as the take-out slices.
We are talking about food bars -- putrid protein bars, grainy granola bars, and especially the depressing "meal replacement" bars.
I was expecting it to be the same depressing redneck dive bar atmosphere I saw not too long ago: shriveled old men in trucker hats and saggy white women nursing gin and tonics praying for a lay.
Not to be confused with, yet reminiscent of the current movie with the same name (both feature many depressing nights in bars), Standup Guys: A Generation of Laughs by John DeBellis, is one of the most hilarious histories of any era you'll ever read.
In Orlando, we checked into a second-rate hotel — frayed, wet carpets, a depressing coffee shop and bar, and throngs of exhausted, sunburned American, French, and Japanese tourists.
The story has grown into a novel, which we expect, once he finishes it, to be as lonely and harrowing and great as this story, which recounts the tale of a young pregnant couple, a seedy mermaid bar, and a depressing one-night stand.
I received this e-mail message recently from a friend in Karachi: "Nowhere can get more depressing than Pakistan these days — barring some African failed states and Afghanistan".
If you don't drink, either for the night or for good, hanging out at bars can be depressing — or just very boring.
The jumble of frat bars is still rather depressing, but several boutique hotels have opened attractive lounges and restaurants.
