You know it’s serious if there’s an “izzle” involved.

Flamingo just announced rooms for just $25, for 25 selected days, Mar. 28 through May 6. We don’t know all the details, because who has time for this “reading” thing, but you might want to check it out. “Think pink,” and book before it’s too late.

This photo has nothing to do with this "25 days/25 dollars" offer, but we thought it looked cool. Oh, and it's at the Flamingo. So, it's related. Kind of.

We refuse to use the term “mancation” in this blog post, even though we’re tempted.

Not going to do it. No way. Granted, we’ve already used it once, but that’s it.

Nope. Not going to happen.

Oh, all right, already!

Las Vegas has been named the top “mancation” destination (getaways involving, you know, groups of guys) by TripAdvisor. See the full list.

TripAdvisor says, “When it comes to breaking away for a journey filled with world class gambling, food and nightlife, nothing beats Vegas. Gents can also satisfy their need for speed at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway northeast of the city, before hitting the town for a flashy evening on the Strip. According to one TripAdvisor traveler, all this makes for ‘the quintessential guys Vegas weekend!’”

We can admit it. We’ve got a little man-crush on TripAdvisor right about now.

Of course, when it comes to planning group getaways, Total Experiences is the best way to go. With this exclusive service, you get personalized, VIP treatment without all the headaches. (Other than the ones you might get from over-indulging in Vegas, that is.)

Tons of details for your next Vegas visit? Have "your people" do it. Total Experiences, baby!

Perhaps best of all, the Total Experiences service is free when you book five or more rooms at one of our Pulse of Vegas hotels. Find out more about Total Experiences.

ABC News has included Las Vegas in its “10 Best Cities for Hotel Deals.” No surprise there! See the full list.

ABC asserts, “Nothing says vacation like Las Vegas, and with a 30 percent drop in rates, you’ll have a little extra cash to spend either at the buffet or the roulette tables.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves!

There’s never been a better time for a Vegas visit. Get rooms from as little as $25 at one of our Pulse of Vegas destinations. Find rates now.

Click on the photo for an eye-popping look at the famed Vegas Strip.

OK, here’s today’s quasi-3-D pop quiz. Where in Vegas is this?

Hint: We don't give hints.

Post your guess in the Comments section and you might win something. Like our undying admiration. Which, like we said, is “something.”

The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that the Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas will be closing May 2. Read more.

We snagged a few pics on our way to the 20th birthday celebration kick-off this morning at Rio. More to come!

Penn & Teller at Rio are one of the biggest acts in Vegas. Literally.

Here’s the thing. Many hotels in Las Vegas promote unbelievable rates, but when it comes time to pony up for your tab, you end up paying something called “resort fees.” They can be up to 40% of your room rate.

Vegas is always full of surprises, but these resort fees, when you book a room online, are the kind of “surprise” you’d rather not get when you come to Sin City.

Yes, we designed this lame graphic. We are a blog, not a graphic designer.

The good news? Our Pulse of Vegas destinations (all part of the Harrah’s Entertainment family) don’t charge these excessive fees. That’s right. Our Las Vegas resorts, including Paris Las Vegas, Bally’s, Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Caesars Palace, Flamingo Las Vegas, Imperial Palace and Harrah’s, don’t impose these “mandatory” resort fees often attached to room reservations.

Resort fees range in cost, depending upon the hotel, and may include Internet access, bottled water, daily newspapers or use of a hotel’s fitness center. Whether you use the amenities or not. Hello!

Spend your money on something else, why don’t you? Maybe a show, or a night out at one of Las Vegas’ amazing restaurants, or maybe some shopping or a visit to a spa. You decide! Enjoy Vegas, ream-free! Book a stay with us today.

Here’s today’s entirely awesome Las Vegas photo! And we’re not just saying that because we took it. We were up on the 31st floor of Paris Las Vegas yesterday, and snagged this photo of the base of the hotel’s famed Eiffel Tower.

Las Vegas photo tip: The more impressive your subject, the less you have to know about photography!

Using a technique called “HDR,” or “high dynamic range” photography (as well as a camera that cost more than many college educations), we’re able to show off the elaborate latticework that makes the Las Vegas version of the Eiffel Tower so remarkable.

A close-up provides a rare glimpse of the engineering involved in building the tower.

To see a giant, even-more-detailed version of the photo, click here. Note: Your wide-eyed reaction is entirely warranted.

Binion’s Gambling Hall, a Las Vegas icon downtown, has announced it will close its hotel Dec. 14. The casino floor will remain open at this Vegas landmark, however. Read more.

Binion’s was the original home of the World Series of Poker.

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 possibly keep up with everything going on in Las Vegas, or even just at our Pulse of Vegas destinations (although we try!). However, here are a fresh batch of Vegas quickies that might pique your interest.

* Caesars Palace just Tweeted a 50% off suites discount code: 50SUITE. Wow, great time to book a room! Follow Caesars Palace on Twitter here.

* Check out this brief interview with the always-entertaining Chelsea Handler, coming to Caesars Palace, Nov. 14 at 10:30 p.m. Find out more and get tickets.

Chelsea Handler skewers the entertainment business like nobody's business.

* Restaurant Guy Savoy at Caesars Palace was just awarded the 2009 AAA Five-Diamond award. It’s the restaurant’s second consecutive year receiving this distinguished honor.

* The Total Rewards loyalty program now has its very own Facebook page. Sweet! Get some Twitter goodness, too, of course.

* Got the goods to be a Penthouse model? If so, PURE Management Group (the masterminds behind the popular PURE nightclub at Caesars Palace) are holding a contest where the winner goes on to a photo shoot for Penthouse. Qualify Dec. 5, and no, the contests involve no nudity. The shoot might. Learn more.

* Just released, a new poker game for mobile devices, “World Series of Poker: Hold’em Legend,” is said to be the most authentic, fastest-playing poker game with real-time multiplayer capability. Go here for more details.

Your cell phone has the nuts. Hey, that's a real poker term, promise.

* The Rio Las Vegas “500 Wild Weekends” stay giveaway is still going strong. Just Tweet #RioVegas and you’re entered to win. Learn more and enter.

* Check out Donny Osmond in the November issue of “Vegas” magazine! Donny is the man. See the Donny & Marie show at Flamingo Las Vegas.

The hardest working, and dancing, man in show business.

* The Imperial Palace just launched its Twitter page. You know there’s awesome stuff to come (translation = giveaways, among other things), so follow here.

We’re winded. And you? We love this town! So, when you coming to Vegas? Tell us in the Comments section, already.

Flamingo Las Vegas has some pretty awesome deals going on right now, including rooms from $35 a night (in Las Vegas…yes, THE Las Vegas!), a buy-two-nights-get-one-free deal and 60% off on GO Room upgrades. Check these out.

Question: If these deals weren't great, would these women be dancing so feverishly?

Las Vegas is known around the world as Party Central for Halloween (and just about every other occasion you can think of), so it’s not surprising that Sin City also provides great inspiration when it comes to Halloween costumes!

If you’re like us, you’ve waited until the last minute to choose a Halloween costume, so here are 20 costumes inspired by the greatest city on Earth, Las Vegas.

1. Just as "Jubilee!" never goes out of style, dressing up like a showgirl is always a hit, too. Bonus accessory: 30-pound headpiece.

See Don Arden’s Jubilee! at Bally’s Las Vegas.

2. Our hero, Lucky, the beloved spokes-leprechaun for O'Sheas. Bonus accessory: Pot o' gold.

Visit O’Sheas, center of the beer pong universe.

3. The Blues Brothers, dealertainers at Imperial Palace. Bonus accessory: Aretha Franklin.

Learn more about the Imperial Palace Dealertainers.

4. It's Vegas fixture, Flavor Flav! Bonus accessory: Clock, natch.

 No list of Vegas-centric costumes would be complete without Elvis!

5. Elvis or Big Elvis, take your pick. Bonus accessory: Hound dog.

 Big Elvis performs at Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon.

6. Hail, Caesar! Bonus accessory: Empire.

Don a Caesar costume, and the world is yours. This statue, as well as a bazillion others, can be found at Caesars Palace.

7. Donny Osmond on "Dancing With the Stars." Bonus accessory: Boisterous Italian judge.

Catch Donny & Marie at Flamingo Las Vegas. And speaking of Marie…

8. Try dressing up like Marie's new "Grand Finale Fashion Doll." Bonus accessory: Legions of doll-crazed fans.

See photos of Marie in action at a recent doll signing at Flamingo.

9. Dress up as an Anthony Cools "flyertainer." Bonus accessories: No comment.

The lovely ladies above were last seen distributing flyers for the Anthony Cools show at Paris Las Vegas. Maybe not Vegas icons (yet), but there’s no denying the appeal of the costumes! Learn more.

10. Chippendales dancers! Bonus accessories: Pectorals.

See the Chippendales guys at Rio Las Vegas.

11. Casino dealer. Bonus accessory: Giant wheel.

We love our dealers! Make your own Big Wheel, attach it to your back, and you’ll be the hit of your Halloween party. Francis, above, is one of the friendly, helpful dealers at O’Sheas.

12. World-famous chef. Bonus accessory: Charming French accent.

Guy Savoy is just one of the world-famous chefs you may wish to emulate for Halloween. Find out more about Restaurant Guy Savoy at Caesars Palace. Another option: Bobby Flay of Mesa Grill, also at Caesars Palace, of course.

13. Garth Brooks! Or at least the Dealertainer playing Garth Brooks at Imperial Palace. Bonus accessory: Sold-out concerts.

Yep, in case you haven’t heard, Garth Brooks is coming out of retirement for a series of concerts in Vegas. Read more.

14. Sleazo the Clown in "Freaks." Bonus accessory: Staple gun.

Everybody loves an evil clown, and the “Freaks” show at O’Sheas has one. Why a staple gun? Well, those cards are actually stapled to Sleazo. The show is called “Freaks,” after all. Learn more about this off-the-wall show.

15. Slot machine "candle." Bonus accessory: Working lights.

This opens up a whole world of costume possibilities. Choose your favorite casino game, and start the brainstorming! Dice, cards, slot machines, roulette wheels…they’re all fodder for creative costumes.

16. Sushi chef. Bonus accessory: Fugu.

Aki, above, is just one of the city’s amazing sushi masters. He calls Ichiban Restaurant at Bally’s home. More here.

17. Bronze paint, check. Broom, check. Bonus accessory: Ability to remain frozen for, oh, ever.

The popular statue above is at the crossroads of Paris Las Vegas and Bally’s, just as you exit the self-parking garage. Again, once you’re bronze, just hold really, really still.

18. Penn! Bonus accessories: Wit, fingernail polish.

See Penn & Teller live at Rio Las Vegas. Fingernail polish? Yep. Penn keeps one of his fingernails painted red. (The color is Jelly Apple Red by Essie.)

19. That drill guy from "Freaks." Bonus accessory: Aieeeee!

Again, we could probably fill our whole top 20 list with people in the show “Freaks,” but we wanted to mix things up a little.

20. The Vegas sign. Bonus accessory: People taking photos in front of you.

Sure, it might take some doing, but you’ll wow your friends and co-workers if you show up on Halloween as Las Vegas’ renowned “Welcome” sign, currently residing on the south end of the Strip.

That’s it! Twenty Las Vegas Halloween costumes to inspire you to get into the spirit of “All Hallows’ Eve.” Post your Vegas-themed costume ideas in the Comments section.

And have a blast on Halloween. We will!

“Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé!” We’re pretty sure that means, “The new Beaujolais has arrived!”

France’s biggest celebration of wine returns to Paris Las Vegas, Nov. 18-22. Learn more about the Third Annual Beaujolais Nouveau Festival.

Note: There will not, repeat not, be bottles of wine as tall as the Eiffel Tower at this event. We know, bummer.

In honor of the featival, Paris has put together a winning package that includes accommodations at Paris, two tickets to “Wine 101: Celebrate the Harvest,” a bottle of Georges DuBoeuf Nouveau with two commemorative glasses, and VIP admission for two to Risque, one of the city’s hottest nightclubs.

As they say in hotel land, book it!

Bonus Beaujolais Nouveau trivia: Beaujolais Nouveau is made from the Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc grape, better known simply as Gamay. And, yes, we knew all that off the top of our head.

When we say we’ve gone green, we mean it!

Seven Harrah’s Entertainment (owners of the Pulse of Vegas destinations featured in this blog) resorts in Las Vegas have received “Travelife Gold” awards for green/sustainable tourism. All eight resorts earned accreditation from Europe-based Travelife Sustainability Systems.

Harrah’s is the only gaming-entertainment company to have achieved Travelife accreditation at multiple resorts in Las Vegas, and the only to receive multiple gold awards. Caesars Palace, Paris, Flamingo, Bally’s, Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall and Saloon, Harrah’s, and Rio won the Travelife Gold awards, and Imperial Palace received a silver award.

Humility, ahem, precludes us from talking more about ourselves, so read more here.