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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The Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency has been improving Downtown since 1986: Wednesday, May 8, 2013; The Downtown Project isn't the only organization out to boost the neighborhood.
Consul of Monaco Jonathan Warren on Europe's elegant playground vs. America's party capital: Wednesday, April 17, 2013; In the West (and everywhere else), Jonathan Warren spreads the word about the elegant and richly storied Principality of Monaco.
The Garden of Dreams is not where you think it is: Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013; Palm Downtown Mortuary and Cemetery dedicates a civil rights monument.
‘America’s Matchmaker’ Patti Novak gives Vegas some tough love: Friday, Feb. 22, 2013; First date tips, 'intestinal fortitude' and more.
Learn your cuts from the Butcher Block's Ron Lutz: Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012; The "ribeye guy" has the answers to your meaty questions.
Creature creator Miriam Writer spills her DIY Halloween secrets: Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012; Got nightmares? Make them into costumes.
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.
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.
Big things are happening at UNLV regarding small invaders: Professors leading research that is proving microbes are an essential part of human existence; Friday, July 20, 2012; At a coffee shop near UNLV, the discussion turns from alien movies to poker chips to theories on the origin of life. The common thread: microbes, invisible organisms that share our planet — and our bodies — in ways both threatening and essential.
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.
Las Vegas Deaf Theatre to make its debut: Local company to open for Super Summer Theatre; Wednesday, May 16, 2012; Cultures coming together for A Grand Night for Singing.
On the heels of national manufacturing stats, a look at what’s made in Las Vegas: Wednesday, May 16, 2012; Salad dressing, a KISS guitar and more!
Following the 'Pawn Stars' lead, 'American Restoration' moves Downtown: Wednesday, May 16, 2012; Cheap drinks, dollar shrimp cocktails and ... reality shows.
Thinking about suitcase-sized cheeseburgers, Vegas Uncork'd and more: Wednesday, May 16, 2012; Also: Wii Fit, but it has nothing to do with that cheeseburger.
At UNLV, officers saddle up to enforce safety: Tuesday, May 15, 2012; Weaving drunkenly through UNLV’s inner campus, the driver had no idea he was about to get busted by 1,500 pounds of galloping muscle. It’s not something you expect to see in the rearview mirror, even if you’ve had way too many cocktails. Officer Stephani Preston was at the reins, and she credits her equine partner Pride for enabling the DUI arrest and preventing trouble.
Nevada’s latest nickname? ‘Marriage farm’: Monday, May 14, 2012; The Silver State is captain of a grand, sinking ship.
Greece gets Uncork’d with the ‘Mount Olympus of fish’ at Milos: Monday, May 14, 2012; We came, we saw, we food slutted.
7 things I wrote in my notebook at Vegas Uncork'd Kings of Cabernet: At Jasmine at the Bellagio, May 12, 2012; Sunday, May 13, 2012; Belly laughs and $100 bottles for the Cabernet kings.
Feel the vibrations as Las Vegas Deaf Theatre takes the stage: Friday, May 11, 2012; Singing, signing, dancing and drama. A Grand Night indeed.
Hot, crispy, juicy love at Pho Saigon 8: Wednesday, May 9, 2012; Vietnamese cha gio set the standard for crunchy, savory bliss.
Jackie Gaughan, El Cortez integral parts of downtown Las Vegas' rebirth: Sunday, May 6, 2012; Once upon a time, Jackie Gaughan owned a third of downtown Las Vegas, from resorts to real estate. He’s celebrated as a gaming innovator, a bookmaker who loved wild prop bets and revolutionized customer promotions. Yet most of the stories you hear are about his kindness, whether you’re talking to a cocktail waitress or Steve Wynn.