I've been in dozens of airports around the world but stepping off the plane at LAS conveys the immediate impression that you have arrived somewhere different.  The first thing you see as you come out of the jetway are tons of slot machines.  I have nothing nice to say about the airport ground transportation options.  I used the 30 minute ride to my hotel (which was like 5 miles from the airport) to come up with about half a dozen ways to design a better system.  You can start by knocking down the worthless fucking monorail that they have and replace it with a proper light rail system that would actually connect people to the one place everyone wants to go - the airport!

Went out last night with @hackerchic, @tunagami and Sonny (twitter account not shown.)  Took the afore mentioned monorail to the MGM where we had a good time at the Centrifuge bar.  Every 20 minutes or so some dance song would come blasting on and the bar tenders would all jump up on the bar and start dancing.  So that seemed to be a pretty authentic Vegas experience.

Cigarette smoking is completely out of hand here.  I'm really not used to people smoking indoors and it seems to be everywhere.  My eyes and throat are really irritated from all of the second hand smoke.  On the plus side, you can drink beer anywhere you want (including in the middle of the street.)  Its kind of strange to be drinking a beer while in line to check in to your hotel (next to the guy smoking a cigarette.)  Even stranger is the notion of just walking outside with a giant 32 oz. beer in your hand.