THE last gasp of summer will likely be at Asbury Park's Guinness Oyster Festival, which takes place on Saturday, October 6 from noon until 6 p.m. on Cookman Avenue after a hiatus of four years. This event is packed with beer, oysters, shrimp and clams as well as some of the best Irish music on this side of the pond. The Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce proudly hosts this event.

I was at the first event in 2003, where there were 7,000 people in attendance. Since then, Asbury Park has continued its transformation to the downtrodden town that Bruce Springsteen made famous to a go-to place for some of the hottest shops and restaurants at the shore.