Everyone knows wedding presents are really for the bride. We love our crystal candy dishes, two dozen monogrammed linen napkins with their sterling napkin holders and our vases, from bud to bouquet.

The guys are feeling left out. They spring for the ring, and watch the women run the show. But not any more. Now they can hop over to www.groom2b.com and register for gifts and maybe even get a present that has a practical, everyday use.

The couple behind the website, Dana Weisberg of Warren and her fiancé Steve Zeller of Manhattan, launched the business in November. Their slogan is “because men get married too.”

The groom2b website offers gifts like entertainment centers, outdoor barbeques, dartboards, pool table equipment, and humidors. Things for the rec room or to put around outside around the pool. Not to decorate the dining room table or breakfront.

What inspired them? Steve told us, “a lot of my friends are getting married and they’re tired of all the Pottery Barns and Tiffanys.”

Also, when a close male friend living overseas married a woman who was unknown to Steve, he was at a loss as to what to give the couple. Gifting for the groom was the only solution.

“Women still dictate what goes on in a wedding,” says Dana, “but men need to have a present too.” The men were “feeling a little neglected” Steve says. Now, they’re on equal footing.

For now, Dana and Steve are living the life of their customers, and planning their wedding, and thinking about their wedding gifts. Some will be from Bloomies and Tiffany, others, from groom2be.

They’ll be learning the first lesson of marriage: the art of compromise.

They call Ocean City America’s Greatest Family Resort. Scrubbed clean and full of healthy fun. Also, dry as a bone.

Call us grinches, but after a long day of wholesome family bonding, we like nothing better than a glass of wine with dinner at a nice restaurant. So when we heard that eleven new restaurants had opened in Ocean City, we wondered: why???

Now, we know.

Asbury Avenue shopping. Just one block in the heart of OC’s downtown shopping district tells you what the big deal is.

Start at funky colorful Collete Boutique, corner of 9th and Asbury (609-525-0911). It’s Betsey Johnson (www.betseyjohnson.com) and clones—we bet you’ll walk away with a colorful summer tunic for under $60, or a party dress from their great selection.

For what lies beneath, pop into Pretty Woman (www.prettywomanintimates.com). The intimates are so revealing you’ll forget this is a G-rated town.

The arts community is thriving on this block. Drop by the Ocean County Fine Arts League (943 Asbury Ave., 609-814-0308), where local artists’ works are on display. Or try the Accent Gallery (www.accentgallery.com).

Follow the signs to the Glass Frog Studios (920 Asbury Ave., in rear, 609-398-7510), where Lynda Mitchell-Marino is making lovely customized stained glass windows for luxury houses up and down the shore. Click above to see a video of this painstaking process.

Break for lunch at Scully’s (955 Asbury Ave. 609-391-1111), one of the brand new eateries. Admire the beautiful dishes, scooped up from a nearby casino—and you’ll like the food too.

Top it off with coffee from Java Jakes, a home-grown college grad’s new Internet café complete with computers, cable TV and retro furniture. It’s so new, there’s no phone number or website— but you’ll find him next store to Denovum, (910 Asbury Ave. 609-814-9084) the funky furniture store with the deco fascade.

You can have wine with dinner anywhere—well almost anywhere. But we guarantee you won’t find a block like this one anywhere else. Stay dry!

Keds. The original sneak-er. They coined the nickname because of the rubber sole that keeps things quiet while you walk. In the old days, when you didn’t need a dozen pairs of flats in different colors, you wore their plain white or navy slip-ons.

Then, somehow, your Keds disappeared—dirty and tired, under the bed with the dustballs and dog toys.

But wait. Splashy, colorful, and frayed-on-purpose, with big time designer names like Nanette Lepore, the new Keds (www.keds.com) are sizzling hot.

There are skimmers and mary janes, fringed and faded, or in bright patterns and colors. The most popular pairs are pre-washed and threadbare. Kind of like that pair gathering dust.

Keds have cross-generational appeal; kids who’d never heard of them before scooped them off the shelf at the ultimate shoe palace—Nordstrom (www.nordstrom.com) in Garden State Plaza. Women re-discovering this comfort shoe were surprised to find them re-born fun and flirty. With so many colors and designs, you’ll need multiple pairs.

Credit actress Misha Barton for pumping tons of life into Keds. When Barton appeared at the store recently to autograph her favorite sneakers, they sold 247 pairs in an hour!

Take it from us; for this summer’s fun dresses, shorts and skirts, you’ll need plenty of designer flip flops, bright rubber garden clogs and Keds.

Sneakers are the new flats. And Keds are the new sneak-ers.

The empress of tunics and totes, aka socialite designer Tory Burch (www.toryburch.com) wowed the ladies who lunch at the Short Hills Neiman Marcus (www.neimanmarcus.com) last week. The store hosted a sold-out midday fete for the popular designer to tout her spring and summer line.

The Burch style, classic and bohemian, resonates for women of all shapes. The “it” tunic for summer is a bold navy signature-geometric print that goes from pool to party. Fashion wags call the look “Hampton Cottage”—but don’t be afraid to wear it down the Shore.

The other Burch signature look is the cap-sleeved sequined cocktail dress, worn by the likes of Hillary Duff, Catherine Zeta Jones, and Fergie. New this summer is the navy version.

Why the buzz over Burch? Her recent romantic linkage to Lance Armstrong feeds the gossip news cycles. But for those who Shop For A Living, it’s about the clothes—and accessories, stupid.

She uses the word “easy” to describe her look: dresses that are easy to wear, colors (navy, beige and white) that are easy to combine. The styles are for women of all ages and are kinder to their figures than many designers.

Her Burch ballet flats are red hot. The handbag line—featuring the patent leather Tory tote—is a summer staple. And the pricing, comparatively speaking, is easier on the wallet.

That’s the Tory story. If you want to hear it tell it, click on the picture of her and watch the video. Tory Burch is not a person of many words, but when she speaks…the ladies who lunch listen.