Las Vegas Weekly

February 12, 2010 · 11:27 AM

Photo Gallery: Angelica Bridges sizzles in salute to Valentine’s Day

By Robin Leach

Angelica Bridges.

Photo: Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com

A simple question: Who better than sizzling sexy singer dancer Angelica Bridges of Fantasy at the Luxor to light up your life this Valentine’s Day weekend? She is all about the look of love in red! Our contributing photographer Tom Donoghue shot this special love day tribute with the former Baywatch beauty.

It’s easy to see why Angelica’s sexy Fantasy show is the perfect way to raise the temperature this weekend with its racy routines of hot and spicy passion mixed with sweet and savory romance. Enjoy the sensational photo gallery, and Happy Valentine’s Day everybody.

It’s appropriate that here in Las Vegas, we would endeavor to score a special Valentine’s mark in the Guinness Book of World Records. Starting tonight, Teddy McHuggin will start a marathon 24-hour attempt outside Paris to claim more than 5,000 hugs in an effort to raise awareness for February’s National Heart Month. Members of the American Heart Association will be on hand as of 6 p.m. to validate the hug count! TV crews, including NBC’s Today, will be on hand to capture the unique bid.

While at the Paris, remember you can rent the Eiffel Tower observation deck by the hour for full privacy and romance unlike any other in all of Las Vegas. They’ll have red roses, champagne and chocolate strawberries waiting for your 60 minutes of unbridled passion and promises. Privacy-minded musicians can play with their backs to you if you wish. There’s even a special chocolate dessert designed to nestle a ring if you pop the question.

Sunday is truly all about love and passion between sweethearts in the city known as Marriage Central. Our Las Vegas chapels last year had more than 120,000 marriage ceremonies, and the majority of those ultimate gambles all took place on just one day: Valentine’s Day. If you’re dressed up in racy red to set hearts a-hopping this Sunday, everybody at Vegas DeLuxe hopes it’s an extremely exciting exotic day, so may the love be with you!

Marriage licenses are issued around the clock for 24 hours starting at midnight today and running through until 11:59 p.m. Sunday. Hundreds of happy couples will tie the knot in one of our dozens of wedding chapels. So many famous folks have been married here that it’s difficult to keep a list, but among Elvis and Priscilla Presley and Joan Collins and Peter Holm, I think Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, who married here in 1958 were the longest remaining couple, until his passing. Certainly Britney Spears and high school sweetheart Jason Alexander hold the shortest marriage and annulment on record, all in a 55-hour span!

In our city of the unexpected, there’s an only in Las Vegas twist: VegasWeddingOdds.com is for couples to see the odds and book on how successful their marriage will be even before they take out the license. Nevada has the highest marriage rate per capita of any state: On average, a couple weds every 3 minutes in Las Vegas.

Can anything top Love itself from The Beatles and Cirque du Soleil at The Mirage as the ultimate Valentine’s date musical? But if tempting teddies and thongs, sizzling lace-topped stockings, burst-out bras and naughty negligees are the lacy lingerie on your love’s must-have list, then whip out your credit card for the high-priced sexcitement of the Love Jones boutique at the Hard Rock Hotel. There’s also the new Provocateur Suite in HRH Tower at the Hard Rock that would certainly add spice to a Valentine’s date.

Here are some personal picks this Valentine’s Day weekend:

*For the first time, Ethel’s Cactus Garden is normally just for Christmas, but now the 3-acre garden will be transformed into an illuminated Lovers Lane leading to a picturesque gazebo for a photo as you propose all over again or whisper renewed vows.

*My pal chef Geno Bernardo has cooked up a special five-course romance menu for $75 per person at his Nove Italiano in the Palms. Award-winning singer Jimmy Hopper starts his new run of Sunday shows at The Lounge in the Palms. I’m certain that his mix of Freddie Mercury and Andrea Bocelli will include some old-fashioned love songs. Celebrated restaurateur Andre Rochat shows the French side of l’amour at his breathtaking Alize in the Palms with its extraordinary views of the Las Vegas skyline, and also at his restaurant and lounge Andre’s in the Monte Carlo.

*The Spanish word for kiss is beso, which is why Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Parker named her Latin-themed steakhouse Beso in Crystals at MGM’s CityCenter. The actress has labeled her four-course Feb. 14 menu for $280 per couple with The Introduction, The Temptation, The Love Affair and, for dessert, The Happy Ending.

*The chocolate decadence facial for couples at Qua Baths & Spa near the romantic Guy Savoy restaurant in Caesars Palace is an aphrodisiac in its own right. Sweethearts can indulge together in a delicious (and tasty) hydrating and anti-aging facial using cocoa from the Amazon. In the private spa suite at Aria in CityCenter, couples are invited to indulge in a variety of pampering treatments.

*There’s nothing more romantic than the love story of Jack and Rose onboard the ill-fated Ship of Dreams the RMS Titanic in James Cameron’s Titanic, and the Titanic Exhibit provides an account. Alongside it for the more medically minded is Bodies: The Exhibit that will literally show you heart. Visitors receive a $10 ticket discount with proof they are an organ donor or have donated blood for transplants.

*If you want real romance for free, then the world famous fountains at the Bellagio will speak to your senses with opera, classical and whimsical music set to choreographed explosions. The price is right: Nada! Every half hour from 3 to 8 p.m., the water, music and light show blasts off, and then every 15 minutes until midnight.

Good luck, go fall in love, and enjoy everything that romance has to offer!

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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