first wag on the floor

chinwag · Oct 17, 2026 · 21m

we made it. first wag on the imex show floor, live from booth D3204, and it’s day one with a sore throat, a fancy hat, and gabby already threatening to sit crisscross applesauce on the furniture. but before we get to the booth, we get honest about the night before: the Club Ichi party where marisa floated around like the socialest of butterflies and gabby hit a wall, irish goodbyed by 9:30, and journaled her way to a hard truth — everybody’s making it up as they go, they just do it confidently. so what if big rooms aren’t your thing? turns out marisa’s “making friends” was mostly reunions…