We were at Bluffs Park the other day when suddenly, this parasail bloomed from behind a hill. We haven't seen any since one crashed and, literally, burned (the sport involves a motor-driven turbine) which prompted the then-new owner of the land, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, to ban all manned flight.

Turns out the guys were just using the gusty day to catch a bit of air for photographs, so no laws were broken. I wish I could say the same of the tiny flying Labrador.