The Sketch Book

When in Posi...

Hello mes amis! C'est moi, Daphne! Or should I say buongiorno principessa?!  Inslee wrote that wistful blog post about that ONE TIME she went to Amalfi. #ROFL I swear she's been this dramatic sinc...

August: Everything and Nothing

Oh August! A month that, for me, always inspires a confusing mix of wanderlust and also laziness. The victory lap of summer. The final hurrah of doing nothing and being bored and barefoot, but wi...

14 Reasons to...

Were you honestly hoping there'd be a list? I knew it!  Lists are the number 1 trendiest thing right now! Lists of trends are a trend in and of themselves. A prominent trend among a potpourri of...

July 2015 as seen through an art historical gaze: Margo the Land Mermaid

Margo By The Water, Portrait of a Young Woman circa 2015 - watercolor on paper, artist unknown A painting that has long been called the iconic image of a time in American history and culture kno...

Inslee vs Daphne, the struggle is real

The trouble with creating a fabulous alter ego is just that - she's fabulous.  Daphne is always making me resent the mundane, day-to-day struggles of being Inslee. While I was cleaning up our of...

Dance Academy of Loudoun Seniors 2015

Hello! Today I want to show you all a commission project. Continuing the annual tradition of celebrating the senior ballerinas graduating from the Dance Academy of Loudoun (in my home town), I ha...

June 2015: drink rosemary vodka, do the splits

Meet Clementine, the June Calendar Girl. Clementine maintains a perfect complexion, utterly unmarred by the harsh rays of the sun. She's rarely caught before sundown without one of her signature...

Babies and horses and ramps, oh my! Daphne's exciting first week of may...

Where to begin!? May has been such an exciting month so far. First of all, did you notice how I just happened to don my favorite old pale pink taffeta Oscar de la Renta party frock on the evening...

May 2015: The Derby

  Welcome to May. And welcome, also, to one of my favorite weeks of the year. A week which combines opportunities to celebrate two completely distinct cultural phenomenons that are each spectacu...

spring in the city with daphne

Hello! Spring has FINALLY sprung in Manhattan. Are there leaves on the trees? No. Is it warm enough to walk around without a coat? Not exactly. But, I didn't say spring has sprung in Acapulco? No...