Let’s start here:

My first name is Danne—just Danne, not short for Danielle and pronounced like Danny. My last name, Dzenawagis, is even trickier to pronounce (it’s Zen-uh-way-giss), but when I recently discovered that it loosely translates to “Seize the day” in some mashup of Polish & Russian, I quickly let go of any lingering misgivings I had about it.

Danne holding a bouquet of homegrown zinnias from her garden in summer
Danne at the beach on Cape Cod as a little girl
Danne sitting by the river

I’m a Sagittarius sun, Leo rising, and Pisces moon, which is just another way of saying that I have an adventurous spirit with a love of travel, fun, and living life to the fullest, but I’m also a bit of a dreamer who is intuitive and introspective. 

Born and raised in a beach town, the ocean is my happy place and where I feel most at home. I love to travel and have even been known to show up extra early to the airport just so I can watch the planes take off and soak in the travel buzz. 

I’m an all-around creative gal which manifests in all areas of my life: I am a lifelong lover of art, a designer by trade, a writer & storyteller who can’t help but document my life through words and photographs, a yoga teacher, and an amateur gardener—basically, I’m always creating something. 

I currently live on Cape Cod with my husband Dan (our friends call us “The Dans”) and our three-year-old son Zane.

Fun Facts

  • 1.

    In the heyday of blogging, I kept a blog called “12 Months of Lent” where I completed a different personal challenge every month for over 5 years.

  • 2.

    My husband Dan and I eloped at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada—yep, Elvis walked me down the aisle.

  • 3.

    I have been a vegetarian for over 25 years—well, technically pescatarian (meaning I eat seafood…I’m from Cape Cod after all).

  • 4.

    A true Sagittarius (an astrologer once called my natal chart a “Sag Bomb”), I’ve been to 44 US states and 15 countries.