New York Daily News

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LIFESTYLE

Trying out the grueling workout at the newly-opened Tone House NYC.

Daily Newsers put Tone House to the test: We try out city's first extreme athletic-based group fitness classes (left)

First lady of fashion Anna Wintour gets teary as First Lady Michelle Obama honors her at the Met

Glimpse at glamor: Inside look at Charles James exhibition at Met that stuns with structured, intricate gowns

BITE Beauty Lip Lab in SoHo offers custom lip color — so the Powder Room tries it out

Brows are back! Forget thin and plucked-to-death — it's time to embrace strong, face-framing arches

EXCLUSIVE: First look at controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's 'According to What?' exhibition at Brooklyn Museum

Nobel laureate novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude,' dead at 87

Iconic Sherry-Netherland debuts lobby mural painted in 1927 but lost to decades of paint and plaster

Book lovers know the Strand's a rare find, with works linked to Salvador Dali, Shakespeare and even Marie Antoinette

How dyslexia made 'Happy Days' star Henry Winkler an author

George R. R. Martin talks to the Daily News about long-awaited sixth book

BOROUGHS BEAT

I worked as a borough reporter from Oct. 2013-April 2014, pitching original articles on a daily basis, many of them exclusives.

March 26, 2014: Dishing up hope: Culinary Arts program on Randalls Island helps the homeless cook up an appetite for success

March 21, 2014: Game of Thrones’ Barclays advanced screening meant tightened security — but plenty of Brooklyn love

March 12, 2014: EXCLUSIVE: Manhattan's homeless rate up an alarming 14% in a single year as wages remain stagnant but rents soar

March 9, 2014: Teaching takes center stage at National Dance Institute — led by legendary ballet dancer Jacques d’Amboise

March 6, 2014: EXCLUSIVE: 'Girls' tour could be busing into Brooklyn this fall, featuring Greenpoint coffee outpost Cafe Grumpy (left)

March 4, 2014: Brooklyn is the birthplace for ‘EGOT’-istical stars: Borough tops charts for celebrities who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony

Feb. 26, 2014: EXCLUSIVE: Controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei bringing new exhibition to Brooklyn Museum

Jan. 20, 2014: EXCLUSIVE: Queens is the Borough of Death and has highest fatalities for pedestrians in 2013

Jan. 16, 2014: EXCLUSIVE: On the (high) rise: Central Harlem penthouse listed for $4.3M, most expensive in neighborhood

Jan. 6, 2014: Rent soars across Brooklyn, pricing longtime middle-class residents out

Nov. 18, 2013: Red Lobster has its claws into Harlem: Neighbors outraged over mandatory 18% gratuity

Nov. 14, 2013: Manhattan pharmacist has Washington Heights home raided after feds discover Ecstasy making supplies

CHASING BANKSY DURING ARTIST'S NEW YORK RESIDENCY

I tracked the elusive British artist's work throughout October of 2013, from Chinatown to Chelsea, Bushwick to Bed-Stuy, using social media sleuthing to find the latest works. Here are some of the highlights (and catch me on the HBO documentary "Banksy Does New York.")