Silly French accents aside, we enjoyed this very flattering video review of the Eiffel Tower Resaurant at Paris Las Vegas.

Popular Las Vegas food critic John Curtis agrees with us when we describe the Eiffel Tower Restaurant as, “One of our town’s prettiest, if not the most beautiful, restaurant in all of Las Vegas.”

"Ambiance" was invented here. Right at that table on the left. Near the window. Seriously.

From the delectable pheasant to the vegetarian crepes, to sweetbreads and succulent shrimp, Curtis says, “You’ve really got to love this place, especially for romance.”

Learn more about the restaurant here, and even take a virtual tour here.

“The Girls Next Door” reality TV star Holly Madison took Paris Las Vegas and fans by storm on Nov. 18 as she crushed grapes with a Lucille Ball look-alike at a Beaujolais Nouveau celebration hosted by one of the world’s most romantic resorts.

Despite what you might think, Holly Madison seems quite comfortable in front of the camera.

The charming, traditional grape-stomping paid homage to the classic wine-making scene in “I Love Lucy.” The event coincided with the start of Beaujolais Nouveau festivities at midnight in Paris, France.

Yann Bourigault, North America Export Director of Les Vins Georges Duboeuf, was on-hand, on the patio at Ah Sin, to unveil a custom-designed wine bottle. He and Holly Madison were among the first to sample the 2009 harvest.

Check out our exclusive photos. Get a true eyeful by clicking on “FS” for “full screen” viewing. Go here for a full schedule of Festival events here.

Update: We asked our inside source to give us some scoop on the grape-crushing event, and she (or he, we ain’t telling) said, “Holly was incredibly great to work with. She loved her costume so much, she asked to keep it.”

We also learned it took 1,400 pounds of grapes to fill up the crushing vat.

The name of the Lucy impersonator (not just a look-alike, mind you…more of a persona-alike) was top secret until this very minute. Her name is Diane Vincent, and she is the only Lucille Ball impersonator used at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. She has quite a following among “I Love Lucy” fans.

Here’s a nice article about the future of the World Series of Poker, 2010 and beyond.

Just five percent of Las Vegas visitors say they come to Sin City mainly to gamble.

This year’s World Series of Poker Champ, Joe Cada, makes an appearance on CNN. Enjoy the video.

"It hasn't fully hit me yet," says Joe. It hasn't fully hit US yet!

We can’t get that “Drops of Jupiter” song out of our heads. And you?

Train, the band responsible for that catchy pop smash, performs at PURE Nightclub in Caesars Palace on Dec. 12.

Grammy-winning Train got its start in San Francisco. Three of their albums have hit the top 10 of the Billboard 200, and they’ve sold more than four million albums in the U.S. Aside from the massively successful “Drops of Jupiter,” the band’s other hits include “Meet Virginia” and “Calling All Angels.”

Train keeps putting out successful tracks. Train. Tracks. Hey, you try writing, like, a million photo captions.

Get tickets at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace box office, or online at Ticketmaster (keyword: TRAIN). If you love to stay where your favorite acts play, book a Caesars Palace room.

Check out this spicy-hot new offer from Rio Vegas, exclusively for their Twitter followers and Facebook fans (and fans of the Pulse of Vegas blog, come to think of it).

Note: Not everything in this photo is an included amenity, but there are still plenty, trust us.

Get a bedazzling (that’s right, ”bedazzling”) 50% off a two-night stay in a Premium Suite at Rio (valid Nov. 23 to Jan. 13, 2010).

Get the ultra-secret, eyes-only, super-exclusive discount code that we’re blabbing to everyone, at least until the Rio punches us in the femur, here.

We can’t help it. We lead charges. It’s what we do.

In this case, the charge we’re leading is the “greening of the Strip.” MSNBC just published a great article about how our Pulse of Vegas resorts, and other hotels on the Strip, are making dramatic strides on the conservation front. Read more.

A highlight: “Harrah’s Entertainment, which owns Bally’s, Caesars Palace and Paris Las Vegas, among others, has spent $60 million on conservation projects over the last six years. In Las Vegas, major efforts include a multi-resort laundry facility that cuts water use by 30 percent — despite a 40 percent increase in capacity — and a five-megawatt cogeneration plant at the Rio that generates enough electricity to power one of the hotel’s two towers.”

You should get a cogeneration plant. They’re awesome.

Our effort is called CodeGreen. We were going to call it CodeChartreuse, but look at all the ink and pixels we conserved!

We’re not going to go on and on about how green we are. That’s not how we roll. Although we do sometimes add links to our blog posts that lead to interesting lists of awards we get for our greenish efforts. Hey, it happens.

A Southern Nevada tradition takes place tonight (5-8:00 p.m.) at Ethel M Chocolate’s famed Botanical Cactus Garden, adjacent to the Ethel’s chocolate factory in Henderson. More than half-a-million holiday lights, adorning a variety of cactus plants, will be lit.

It’s like those holiday tree lighting ceremonies, but, you know, more Las Vegas-y.

It's very possible those snowmen are made of white chocolate. Let us know.

Funnyman (and Flamingo Vegas headliner) George Wallace will be on-hand to host the festive occasion. The evening will include special performances by Strip headliner Zowie Bowie and entertainer Michael Grimm.

Visitors can take a self-guided factory tour and stroll down the Cactus Garden’s “illuminated cacti pathways” through Jan. 1, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., seven days a week (except Christmas day). Admission is free, and all ages are welcome.

Learn more about the kick-off event and how to get tickets. Read coverage of last year’s cactus lighting ceremony.

The first part of our recent interview with Luke Jermay, mind reader and star of the Mental show at O’Sheas, went over like gangbusters, so here’s part two. You can read part one here. Let’s start out by stirring up some trouble!

 Pulse of Vegas Blog: What’s the most wrong you’ve ever been in doing a “reading”?

 Luke Jermay: Sometimes, it just doesn’t work. I am off, or I can’t understand what the signals mean. Most of the time when this happens, we just don’t get anywhere, so I don’t really have any amazing examples of being “very wrong,” but every now and again I certainly get confused and can’t understand what it is that someone is thinking. Every time this happens, I try to talk to the person afterward and work out how they think and why I couldn’t follow their thoughts. In this way, I grow a deeper understanding.

Luke Jermay as he successfully freaks somebody out. He does that a lot.

POV: What’s a spot-on reading that even surprised you?

LJ: “You had sex with girlfriend’s mother last night. Your girlfriend is sitting on your left and her mother is sitting on your right. This might be an uncomfortable moment for all four of us.” The guy laughed and then confirmed [it was correct]. The daughter and mother were not laughing. I moved on fast.

POV: Where are you from, exactly?

LJ: I grew up just outside of London in a place called Essex. I consider myself very much a “Londoner.” The way I think and see the world was certainly formed and shaped by my time spent in London, England.

POV: You seem especially good at telling people their astrological signs. Is there a reason for that?

LJ: Honestly, when I deal with a restricted field of options (astrological signs being one of 12), it’s much easier to understand what a signal means. So, a star sign is something of a “test” for me before I move onto bigger, more difficult, things with people.

Kreskin, you've been owned!

POV: What shows in town do you like?

LJ: I am a massive fan of both Mac King and Nathan Burton. Comedy-magic is something I really enjoy and both of these shows are super fun, interesting and funny. I am also a fan of Todd Paul, a juggler-comedian at Hooters. Also, I like X Burlesque.

POV: There’s a point in your show where you could be giving an audience member $10,000. Have you ever lost that game?

LJ: Yes, twice. Once in Lisbon Portugal and once in London. Painful experiences, but also fun shows.

A special thanks to Luke Jermay for answering our annoying questions! Check out his blog here, or follow him on Twitter.

See Mental at O’Sheas. You’ll be agog. Trust us. And admit it, when was the last time you were actually agog, anyway?

Think you’re serious about slots? You’d have to be very serious to eclipse the current high scorer on iSpin, the free iPhone app from Harrah’s Entertainment (motto: “Leading the world in coughing up the mind-blowing awesomeness every flippin’ day!” OK, so it’s not the “official” motto, but we’re working on it).

You can beat 194,149 credits. Really. Try. We'll wait.

The current high scorer (from L.A.) in this fun, slot-themed, play-for-fun game has somehow managed to rack up a mind-blowingly awesome (see?!) 194,149 points.

To put that into perspective, the average score on iSpin is 675. After doing some math, we calculate that the current high score is MANY MORE TIMES greater than the average. (We’re a blog. Math is not our thing.)

So, read more about this fun app, and download iSpin and get into the game.

Overheard on Twitter: On Tuesday night, World Series of Poker champ Joe Cada will be a guest on Late Night with David Letterman. Read more about this poker phenom.

Today, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg were at the Flamingo Las Vegas filming their new movie, “The Other Guys.” Check out one of our favorite blogs for the story and photos.

Even movies set in New York have to stop in Vegas. It's the law.

Here’s what we dug up about “The Other Guys” (after 14 seconds of extensive research on the Interwebs). This new action-comedy follows Detective Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell), a forensic accountant, and Detective Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg), who has been stuck with Allen ever since an embarrassing incident involving his quick trigger finger. Allen and Terry idolize the city’s top cops, Danson and Manzetti (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson), but when an opportunity arises for “The Other Guys” to step up, things don’t quite go as planned.Things never seem to go as planned, do they?

We also hear that Las Vegas resident Tony Curtis is in the flick. Read more.

We recently pointed you to a newspaper article featuring none other than Rabbit, a Las Vegas institution. Rabbit has been a bellman at Caesars Palace for an astonishing 43 years. See? We don’t use the word “institution” lightly.

Rabbit was around back when they were first handing out cool.

Well, we had to meet Rabbit for ourselves, of course. Whatever you do when you’re in Vegas, make sure to stop by and say “hello” to Rabbit, especially if you enjoy stories about Las Vegas. And we do. A lot.

It's 43 years. Don't believe everything you read.

At 72, Rabbit’s still going strong, but we apparently scooped even the newspaper, because Rabbit told us he’ll retire in February after a lifetime of service to Caesars Palace guests.

When you see Rabbit, ask him about his days as a Golden Gloves boxer. Or about meeting President Obama during his recent stay at Caesars Palace. He might even tell you the story about the $10,000 tip he got from a high roller just for escorting the player’s wife to a show.

Rabbit’s got a million of ‘em.

We asked Rabbit how his co-workers react to all the attention he gets as the face of Caesars Palace (other than Caesar’s, of course). He said, “They sometimes kid me, saying how they’ve been here as long as I have, and nobody makes a fuss about them, but I say it’s not how long you’ve been in a job, it’s what you DO in the job.”

Rabbit’s done it all. So, stop by and say “hi” before Rabbit hangs up his uniform!

His only complaint: “Everyone takes pictures of me, but nobody ever sends me the pictures!” Rabbit, we’ve got you covered this time.

As timeless as Caesars Palace itself.

“Guiding Light,” the longest-running soap opera in American history, ended its successful run in September after 72 unforgettable years on CBS.

But the show lives on for diehard fans with the “So Long, Springfield” tour. This nationwide tour, which stops at Rio Las Vegas on Dec. 5, will give fans a chance to bid a fond farewell to their beloved soap. This will be the tour’s only West coast stop, so don’t miss it!

It's soap stars galore at Rio!

You’re invited you to take part in the festivities at Rio Las Vegas. A dozen of the show’s stars (pictured above), including Kim Zimmer and Robert Newman, are slated to be on-hand to talk candidly about their years on “Guiding Light.” Get ticket information here.

Rio Las Vegas even has a special room package in honor of this star-studded event.