From foot binding to Stilettos, corsets to Spanx, many fashions do not prioritize comfort, ease or savings. But occasionally a fashion trend comes along that saves time and money.

A manicure traditionally means the same color on each nail and often the same color on the...

LinkedIn emailed me that I'm in its "Top 1 Percent" of viewed profiles. Only two million of us are, so I'll share my pearls of LinkedIn Networking wisdom. On LinkedIn you should:

1. Use a picture and real name.

2. List a profession, even if you're jobless. Examples: "Financial...

My Super Sweet 16 was cancelled in 2008 after eight glorious seasons, but thanks to MTV marathons, it lives on. Before the Jersey Shore and Teen Mom phenomena, even before "the 1 percent" became a catchphrase, it showcased the daughters of that 1 percent, or the 1 percent of over-the-toppedness....

My Facebook feed last week was mixed with beautiful art Instagrams, amateur celebrity paparazzi shots and comments like "Art Basel jumped the shark," "Remember when Art Basel was about art, not free champagne" and "Basel turned into a label fest -- store openings, brands plastered all over everything..."

But...

1. 537 people decided the fate of the election in 2004. If it comes down like that again, why not be one of them?

2. People in some nearby countries can't vote freely. Vote for them.

3. If you're a woman, black or your family left...

I voted early last week. I waited three hours in the sun. When I finally got to the voting booth I spent another 25 minutes on the ballot even with two cheat sheets for amendments and questions. The amendments, questions and local candidates were confusing, but who to vote for...

South Beach change shows up in new towers below Fifth, David's Café and Rancho Grande's demise, burgeoning Midtown and Brickell nightlife, and model shoots gone cold. Some South Beach institutions thrive: Joe's Stone Crab, Le Sandwicherie, Ted's Hideaway, Club Deuce, Ocean Drive magazine and Lisa Gaylord's Sweatshop class.

When...

I'm no Carrie Bradshaw. I don't have shoes in my oven. I don't shod above my station in shoes I can't afford. My shoe closet couldn't be liquidated into an apartment down payment.

But I still like shoes -- I like the way a sexy heel can accentuate my...

Dear People Who Say South Beach Residents Never Leave the Beach,

You're right.

While we appreciate your invitations, the following will not inspire us to take our talents off South Beach:

• Shopping at Dadeland or Dolphin Mall, even for that great sale at Forever 21
• A colleague's...

South Beach locals and the bridge-and-causeway crowd all complain about South Beach parking. After living and parking here for 12 years, here are a few secrets to make parking less painful.

1. At $18, parking tickets cost less than the average valet charge of $20. Parking roulette at a...

A few weeks ago my Facebook account got 50 extra friends overnight. I went to sleep with 998 friends and woke up to 1,048. I didn't acquire them through sleep-clicking or a drunken Facebook friend request spree. I just became more popular overnight. I looked through all my friends but...

Dear Facebook,

You duped me.

I bought your stock on Day 1 of the IPO. I should have known better. I have a Wharton MBA and was an investment banker and a McKinsey consultant.

But I subscribe to Warren Buffet's buy-what-you-know approach. And I know you, Facebook. Maybe...

16 Truths I Learned (and Water-birthed) From HBO's GIRLSATHON This Weekend:

1. Every girl should marry a guy who thinks her nose cartilage can't be f-ing real because it is too exquisite.

2. Men who seem uninterested and send dick pics meant for another girl may...

Girls on HBO is either the hottest highly anticipated show on TV with genius writing that ironically and realistically captures a certain 20-something experience in New York City today and is the brainchild of the triple-threat (writer, director, actor) Lena Dunham; or it is a lark for a homogeneous set,...

Dear Miami Radio Stations,

Why have you not played any Beastie Boys songs since MCA died May 4? Is it because Pitbull didn't work with them? It has been six days and I have not heard one song, mention or "4 and 3 and 2 and 1 word up" on...

I listen to New Style loudly at work four times in a row. I'm transported to Mike Littman's party in eighth grade. The Littman's were New Jersey royalty, two good-looking upperclassman brothers whose dad owned a jewelry store. It was the first high school party Christa Angeloni and I ever...