Original Commentary

Kimberly and Brisbane's roles were reversed in early drafts - but it was actually more reasonable for Brisbane to want to go to this than for Kimberly to. Kimberly's first line there originally belonged to Brisbane. Also, I had originally envisioned this plot as a bonus comic book - a You Say it First summer picnic. But having everyone meet in an exclusive book seems unfair. Too likely for an important plot development to come up, then later strips may not make sense to new readers. Funny how we've got two comics about being invited somewhere you might not really want to go... - Terrence Brisbane really wants to be accepted, even by people he doesn't really like - Isabel

Modern Commentary
Ambrosia is a kind of fruit salad in whipped cream. I don't understand the appeal but it's the kind of thing that one would bring to a picnic or pot luck. I recall trying it repeatedly in the hopes of "getting it", but never did.
That orange texture in the third panel is from a CD of background textures. Those show up occasionally in the comic. We figured we'd get a lot more use out of it than we did.
There was a bonus punchline, where Kimberly also didn't have the heart to tell Brisbane that Emily offered to introduce her to a new guy. I think that got cut for space. - Terrence