Face-to-face confession sounds a little creepy. In my experience, it's usually in booths, unless there are no booths available in the place it's been held in -- confession at school, where there weren't enough booths, usually involved just sitting down on a chair beside the priest, not facing directly towards him.

I'm never given up all meat during Lent, though I know my (not-very-observant) parents won't cook meat on Good Friday, and I'm not even sure it's possible to buy meat that day. Rosaries are still used (though more by older people); they're very practical. Not sure if I can remember anything else relevant. Almost all of strangelette's comment applies to my experience, fwiw.