After the Party

Mabel and I had a Hina-Matsuri (Japanese Girls Day) party yesterday, which is to say, we stole the name and nothing else, and had a brunch and playdate. I honestly did read up about the real holiday, but it involves making dolls and then setting them out to sea in a boat and/or burning them (it gets rid of bad luck), and the menu calls for soup with whole clams, sushi, and saki. We had none of those things (whole clams?! disgusting). I went with old brunch standards; fruit, cinnamon rolls (CinnaBwanas), and a cheese strata, which I had made (with a different recipe) once before a while back. I didn't decide to make it until the last minute (well, an hour and a half before the brunch) but I'm glad I did. It turned out well, and was very easy.
Anyway, here's Mabel after it was over. She zonked within 10 minutes of the last guest leaving. Oh, she was P-double O-P-e-D.