Erin Ryan

Staff Writer

Erin got her first newspaper job in 2002 thanks to a campfire story about Bigfoot. In her award-winning work for weeklies, dailies and magazines throughout the region, she has crawled inside the heads of Pulitzer winners and urban vampires, played Scrabble with nudists, flown an airplane and eaten seven pickles in four minutes. She does not believe in nut grafs.

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Story Archive

Politics on social media: Do we know too much about our friends?: Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012; Facebook, Twitter and the like have kicked open all kinds of private doors.
Fashion's Night Out with Patricia Field: Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012; Dear Patricia. I see beautiful clothes and accessories for miles, but I don’t see a lot of style.
If They Mated: Holly and Pasquale: Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012; Somewhere out there, Hef just got the shivers.
You had us at full-contact jousting—the Renaissance Festival cometh: Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012; Bangers, mash and The Mahones.
Pro driver Danny George drifts big—in a Mazda Miata: Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012; Lesson 1: Respect the Miata.
Cocktails and confessions with Las Vegas' ambassadors of booze: Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012; So a brand ambassador walks into a bar attached to a brothel in the middle of nowhere ...
Dream city: The Vegas skyline that might have been: Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012; What if the Strip had London instead of Paris? What if Fremont Street had a life-sized Starship Enterprise permanently in dry dock? What if Downtown’s light show was a starship? What if another tower dwarfed the Stratosphere, or a temple was conjured from the opium-laced words of a long-dead poet? No one can know. But what didn’t happen tells as much of a story as what did.
The Strip’s first seasonal garden is on the menu at Serendipity 3: Friday, Aug. 17, 2012; Most of the time, it would be inadvisable to eat something off the ground on the Strip.
Romulan beer and 'the most expensive pee': A debrief on the Star Trek Convention: Friday, Aug. 17, 2012; One Klingon word for Marina Sirtis.
Vegas nightlife’s early side is plenty wild: Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012; We've got it all, from margaritas to cosmic skating to jazzy happy hours.
Thinking about Twilight, Downtown's Golden Gate and more: Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012; Also, a former UFC fighter's recent arrest.
Stuntman Rich Hopkins on channeling Spider-Man and story time with Patrick Swayze: Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012; The "King of Extreme" created local company Thrillseekers Unlimited.
Gold unicorns and global espionage at Black Hat: Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012; Inside DEFCON's more buttoned-up little brother of a security conference.
Thinking about ... the Olympics: Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012; Things we love about this year's Olympics ... and things we don't
Great new cocktails made with great wines at Payard: Friday, Aug. 3, 2012; Booze and beer, step aside. At Payard, wine is the cocktail's new BFF.
Forget food trucks: Hangover Heaven v. Wedding Wagon: Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012; Dry heaves? True love? You're covered.
When you witness trouble in Vegas, do you intervene?: Friday, July 27, 2012; What would Vegas do?
Blisters, hallucinations and miracle Coke: Meet ultramarathoner Karla Kent: Thursday, July 26, 2012; The brutal course is nonstop from Death Valley to Mount Whitney, and racers contend with 13,000 feet of elevation gain, heat that can boil to 130, the innate limitations of their bodies and the darkest places inside their minds.
Thinking about parking validation, TV doorbells and goat-men: Wednesday, July 25, 2012; Also, Chick Fil-A vs. the Muppets is still happening.
Do the Psychic Friends really live in the same building as Las Vegas Weekly?: Friday, July 20, 2012; Following the cosmic breadcrumbs to the truth.
Bite Now: 'Banh-Mi' Burger: Wednesday, July 18, 2012; Pork pâté does belong on a bun.
Tarot 2.0: The Psychic Friends Network is back—and online, too: Wednesday, July 18, 2012; In need of breakup advice or stock tips? You're in luck.
'Guys and Dolls' vs. Eeyore: What are Las Vegas gamblers really like?: Wednesday, July 18, 2012; Are depressing gaming revenues a reflection of the people playing?
Shakespeare’s is the neighborhood haunt you’ve been thirsting for: Wednesday, July 18, 2012; Everything you want in a pub, plus freaking awesome chicken tenders.
If your ice tastes of frozen meatloaf, will your bourbon cry?: Monday, July 16, 2012; Deep thoughts about frozen water with the International Packaged Ice Association.
Bite Now: Salmon Lover: Thursday, July 12, 2012; So this is love.
More than human: Microbes are an essential part of our world—and us: Thursday, July 12, 2012; Invisible life is good, bad and everywhere. Welcome to the microbiome.
Bandits of all kinds: Real Vegas criminal nicknames: Wednesday, July 11, 2012; It seems law enforcement often gets colloquial with serial thieves.
Bite Now: Eggs Nova Scotia: Friday, July 6, 2012; Because cream cheese goes with everything.
Dunking pin-up girls and giving back: Get in on Studio 21’s latest good deed: Thursday, July 5, 2012; A pool party, without the pool but with the booze and bathing suits.
Declaring a disaster could save North Las Vegas millions, but what will it lose?: Wednesday, July 4, 2012; The application of an obscure Nevada statute might save jobs, but may come at a price.
Not-so-tough guys: Bikers sue local police for targeting and harassment: Tuesday, July 3, 2012; Seventy-eight plaintiffs are seeking $12 million in damages from Metro and North Las Vegas police.
Debating NY Times on the 'flambe effect': Are restaurants losing their cool when they hit Vegas?; Monday, July 2, 2012; Are restaurants losing their cool when they hit Vegas?
Forget the Supernanny, Dawn Schrader is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: Thursday, June 21, 2012; Minus the magic umbrella, Dawn Schrader is the Strip’s own Mary Poppins. She’s a nanny on demand, part of an elite professional force known as Nannies & Housekeepers USA. Founded locally in 2000, N&H was the national Association of Premier Nanny Agencies’ 2011 Agency of the Year and is touted as the “exclusive and preferred nanny service for major Las Vegas hotels.” In-room care is Schrader’s specialty. Need a baby-sitter on the Strip?
Super nanny Dawn Schrader brings a spoonful of sugar to your hotel: Wednesday, June 13, 2012; Never underestimate the power of listening (and beach balls).
Colorful, sexy style (and Vegas details) at Marc by Marc Jacobs: Wednesday, June 13, 2012; High fashion without the couture prices.
Spike Lee in talks to bring Mike Tyson to Broadway: Wednesday, June 13, 2012; Here's hoping for a dance number with a giant replica of Holyfield's ear.
An LA-to-Vegas deal so cheap we’re tempted to fly there and take the bus back: Tuesday, June 12, 2012; Is it not enough that avocados revel in your rich soil, or that you have legitimate pro sports and a coastline?
The power of purrs, wags and kindness at Noah’s Animal House: Friday, June 8, 2012; “There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.”
Local bartenders brought game to Disaronno’s battle royal: Wednesday, June 6, 2012; Mixing Star competition final at Palazzo was a muddling masterpiece.
YouTube’s new premium channel for women is maddeningly addicting: Thursday, May 31, 2012; Hasn’t Lifetime been beating this poor dead horse since the early ’80s?
An attraction honoring Wayne Newton is also suing him: Wednesday, May 30, 2012; The company that is turning Newton's home into a museum wants him to vacate ... like, yesterday.
Thinking about Mitt Romney, 'Mad Men' and more: Wednesday, May 30, 2012; Also, pondering the obesity rate of a nudist society.
The long, strange trip of Bob Stupak's moon rocks: Wednesday, May 30, 2012; And the reported breakdown begins with Neil Armstrong.
Justin Bieber returns to the MGM Grand September 30 (to sing this time): Monday, May 28, 2012; The Biebs is coming back to Vegas! And this time he won't be carrying other folks' hardware.
Weekly Q&A: Makeup artist Miriam Writer on blood, beauty and zombie strippers: Friday, May 25, 2012; "Any face can be turned into anything."
Three dishes our resident foodies are loving: Wednesday, May 23, 2012; A hangover cure, an umami bomb and a cupcake that won't make it home.
Welcome to Caesars Air: Midwest cities battle for free Vegas flight: Wednesday, May 23, 2012; Practice started with "champagne flights" in the '50s.
Thinking about 'Saturday Night Live,' James Bond and more: Wednesday, May 23, 2012; Also, Downtown is about to get soaked.
Beat swap, dance battle and chow down at this block party with a vinyl heart: Thursday, May 17, 2012; The Beat Swap Meet bumps into town.

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