…realized Asbury Park is happening, check it out. As many as 18 venues (including the legendary Stone Pony) host The Wave Gathering, a festival of music, dining and art exhibits. $20 for a single-day pass, $40 for Friday-Sunday. www.wavegathering.com.

…rode English style, get up on a horse. The Lord Stirling Stable in Basking Ridge has beginners’ rides Sunday starting at 10 a.m. Somerset County residents $32, others $40. Sign up for a 10-week lesson if you like it. (908) 766-5955, www.somersetcountyparks.org.

…thought modern art really could be garbage, the Dumpster Diver Exhibition at the Perkins Center for the Arts in Collingswood will set you right. See a piece of trash converted into a cool piece. (800) 387-5226, www.perkinscenter.org. If you go Saturday, stop by the Collingswood Farmers' Market, open 8 a.m. to noon with produce local farmers plus natural cheeses and breads. www.collingswoodmarket.com.

…take the time to really savor healthy locally grown food, run to the Slow Food of Northern New Jersey Fine Food and Wine Tasting. Our friends at Gary’s Wine & Marketplace (www.garyswine.com) bring the bottles. Saturday 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at historic Van Vleck House, Montclair. $50 in advance, $55 at the door. www.slowfoodnnj.org.

…knew one of the world’s great furniture makers worked in Enn-Jay, take the tour of Craftsman Farms in Parsippany. It’s the former home of Gustav Stickley, the moving force of the Arts and Crafts style in the early 1900s. Sunday 1 to 4:30 p.m. www.stickleymuseum.org.

…went bird watching , let the New Jersey Audubon (www.njaudubon.org, 609-861-0700) start you off at Cape May Spring Weekend. A day of field trips and workshops is for $120 for non-members; the entire weekend including Friday and Saturday dinner at the Grand Hotel (www.grandhotelcapemay.com) is $365. Members pay a little less.

Get out and spread your wings… have a great weekend!