You may be reading this from your laptop as you “work from home” this morning at the beach house. Or you may be considering heading down the Shore to soak up the first real sunshine of the season this long weekend. Consider us your guide to the summer season, with plenty of ideas and new sights to keep you busy off the beach.

Atlantic City is popping with new construction; it is re-inventing itself as a destination for everyone, including non-gamblers. You’ll want to make waves at The Water Club, the trendy new hotel about to open adjacent to the Borgata. Designed around a huge spa, the guestrooms are enticing with great views and voluminous showers.

And do not overlook The Pier At Caesars, which is absolutely one of the best shopping centers in the entire state.

For the kids, there’s a new tropical rainforest exhibit at the Atlantic City Aquarium. They’ve got a variety of wildlife from jungles around the globe, and some hands-on freshwater pools for close-up encounters.

Asbury Park is another Shore town rebuilding itself. Although the spectacular Esperanza condo project was put on hold last winter, beachfront developer Madison Marquette is moving forward. Convention Hall refurbishment continues with the expected opening in the arcade of a new clam bar and the Irish pub Caroline O’Toole’s.

Another Shore restaurants that looks very promising is Gertrude’s in Ventnor. Owner-chef Neil Elsohn used to run the Water’s Edge in Cape May, considered one of the state’s best until it closed in 2003.

Further north you can bet the ponies at the state’s newest Off Track Wagering hotspot in Toms River. Join the crowd at the sports bar and restaurant operated by the McCloone family, just in time for the Belmont Stakes.

Back down south, Cape May’s touristy Washington Street Mall has a $4.5 million facelift that should impress even the seasoned veterans of this Victorian resort. The official ribbon cutting is June 21, but you can enjoy it now. And the town’s classic beachfront movie theatre — a rainy day tradition — has a new interior.

But let us hope for not too many rainy weekends this summer. We are taking a long weekend, and will not publish Monday. But we will be back in your mailbox Tuesday.