#HASHTAG: RENEE ZIPPRICH

RENEE ZIPPRICH gets incredibly antsy unless she is wearing multiple hats—juggling her day job as General Counsel for a mid-sized consulting firm, her boutique floral design firm (the “passion project”), membership on the WINGS North Shore Leadership Counsel, her new appointment on the board of Friends of Prentice, and her first and foremost job as the quintessential soccer mom hopping planes every weekend to watch her two kids play. She prefers to do all of these things (sometimes even on the soccer pitch) in a smart tweed day-to-evening frock, and always with a strand of pearls around her neck. She is beyond excited to be co-chairing the WINGS 3rd Annual Ladies Luncheon for the second year in a row on Sunday, June 23. For more information about the WINGS luncheon, visit wingsprogram.com.

#ON MY NIGHTSTAND

I’ve been obsessed with Amor Towles’s writing since I devoured Rules of Civility well over a decade ago, only to be flattened with awe over every word in The Gentleman of Moscow. Needless to say, I’m positively giddy about the upcoming series starring Ewan McGregor. I keep my dog-eared copy on my nightstand and I’ve been pulling it out recently to read a paragraph or two to refresh my memory before binging the series. I always have the latest Town & Country, New Yorker, and sections of the Sunday The New York Times that I didn’t get to over the weekend.

#ON MY MOBILE

I’ve been doing a crossword puzzle (or two) every single morning since I was a freshman at the University of Michigan, where I couldn’t start my day without a giant cup of coffee and the Michigan Daily. I’ve had The New York Times Crossword app on my phone for a decade and the first thing I do when I wake up, before coffee or letting out the dogs, is The New York Times Mini. I shoot to get it in under a minute, but if I happen to get it in exactly 1:00 minute, well then it’s going to be a lucky day! Nowadays I follow that up with Connections, Wordle, and Strands (which isn’t my strong suit). I started listening to Dax Shepard and Armchair Expert during the onset of COVID, and now faithfully listen to Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, and of course Smartless.

#IN MY EARBUDS

I’m the youngest of three and the only girl, so I grew up listening to what my older brothers were listening to: lots of Michael Jackson, Prince, Run DMC … and then made my way to the Violent Femmes, The B-52s (I am so dating myself), then on to college where you would find me studying to Sinead O’Connor, The Sundays, 10,000 Maniacs, and the Indigo Girls. All that being said, I am a creature of habit and memories, so I still listen to all of the above and all of the time. One of my besties loves to give me a hard time about it and is constantly sending me new artists to sample but I always cheat back to my nostalgic jams.