R. T. Rybak

Age: 50, almost 51 (birthday on 11/12).

Occupation: Mayor of the City of Minneapolis

Residence: East Harriet

Twin Cities Resident: I was born in and lived my entire life in the City of Minneapolis (except while attending college in Boston).

SEVEN QUICK QUESTIONS:

1) What place in town considers you a "regular"?

Midtown Global Market, Quang’s, Peter’s Grille

2) What are you doing on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.?

Exercising by running, biking, swimming or skiing.

3) When you think of the Twin Cities, what song do you think of?

Funkytown

4) What is your favorite local sports team?

I live and die by the Twins.

5) What are you listening to when you drive to work in the morning?

The Current on MPR

6) What is your favorite building in Minnesota?

Weisman Museum

7) Death bed, one meal from a Twin Cities restaurant, which is it?

Either a club sandwich on wheat toast with rhubarb pie from Peter’s Grille or the turkey burger from Ike’s.

Bonus Question: If you could rename St. Paul, what would you call it?

I like St. Paul, but I’d ban the name Twin Cities because there are thousands of twin cities but only one Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Bonus Question: What the best show you ever saw at First Avenue?

There are too many to count, but some of the best include Prince’s 1984 surprise concert before Purple Rain opened, Grace Jones, Los Lobos, Ike + Tina, and a young Tracy Chapman at the 7th Street Entry.