Funny thing about kites: writing about them is, I'd imagine, just about as much fun as reading about them. First paragraph: they go up! Second paragraph: they go down! Conclusion: wheeeeee! Again! Again, daddy! Again! But walk into Seal Beach's Up Up & Away Kites and ask the guy behind the register—Greg Kutzbach—about kites, and you'll get a fascinating lecture on all things float-y. About sport kites and trick kites and kiddie kites; parafoil kites you can stuff into a bag—no crummy sticks!; kites for kite boarding, and kite accessories such as tails and poppers. But maybe the best thing Greg will tell you is how to tell if it's a good day to fly a kite: "Take a handful of sand and let it go," he said. "If it floats two feet in front of you, you've got a 10-mile-an-hour... More >>>