Simply Honey’s owner and sole employee is Brent Edelen, a third generation bee keeper. He has between 500 and 600 colonies that he moves to New Mexico in the cold months, and brings back to the San Luis Valley in the summer.

Brent let me taste four different types of honey: Clover, Tamarisk, Starthisle and Wildflower. By far the most interesting honey was the Tamarisk. The color of the Tamarisk honey jars is almost black, and it has a very distinct flavor.

I also experienced eating a raw honey comb for the first time in my life. It’s gooey, and the sweetness explodes in your mouth unexpectedly as the hexagonal wax cells all burst when you chew them.

Below are some pictures I took from the excursion.

As it looks like I will be getting more and more involved with helping Brent bring the honey to a new market, I will be writing more about Simply Honey, bee keeping and all matters of honey in general.

Brent of Simply Honey shows how he cuts out the honeycomb.

A frame still full of honey.

The finished product comes in a beautiful case.

Abandoned bee keeping supplies and barrels, once full of honey.

Amazing views of the Sange de Cristo Mountains.

Porche Lovely, the owner of Lovely Confections stepped up to the challenge and was able to spontaneously re-decorate a cake from another bakery in about a hour.

Porche Lovely, baking master.

Thanks Porche!

Tasty Colfax

Eats on the Beat!

Tuesday, July 28th
5:30 to 9:00PM

Tickets are on sale now at www.MyColfax.org or at:
Hooked on Colfax:  3215 East Colfax Ave. (Adams and Colfax)
Tattered Cover Coffee & Tea:  2526 East Colfax Ave. (Lowenstein CulturePlex)

Put down the remote and come see Colfax live.  Sample the rich and varied cuisine along one of America’s most
colorful byways. $20 gives you entree to a diverse selection of the most tantalizing East Colfax eateries.

Tasty Colfax Providers:
Encore Restaurant
Senger’s on the Fax
Tattered Cover Coffee & Tea
Rock Bar
Mezcal
Atomic Cowboy
Fat Sullys
Hooked on Colfax
Goosetown Tavern
Steve’s Snappin Dogs
The Shoppe
Lovely Confections
Stella’s on Colfax
Tommy’s Thai
Pie Piper

Tasty Colfax was created to promote Colfax Avenue businesses between York St. and Colorado Blvd., and provide the surrounding neighborhoods and beyond an opportunity to sample the exciting restaurant base along East Colfax Avenue.

Sponsored By:
MyColfax.org
Colfax on the Hill
South City Park Neighborhood Association
Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.
Propaganda Labs

The neighborhood is home to Bluebird Theater, and many other local businesses. Steve’s Snappin Dogs is literally across the street from where we live, there’s good coffee at Hooked on Colfax at few blocks away, Cafe Star is one of Jess and I’s favorite places to eat (especially for their Sunday dinner specials) and of course, though technically not in the neighborhood, there is Tattered Cover Bookstore complex with another great restaurant Encore.

As cool as all of these establishments are, the overriding reason to live here is the huge park a few blocks north. City Park, with it’s large lake, colorful (and tall!) fountain, jazz on Sundays in the summer is one of my favorite places in Denver. I run there with Whembley almost everyday. It’s also neat to have the Denver Zoo and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science within walking distance.

Downtown Denver, as seen from City Park

 Last fall, I got involved with the South City Park Neighborhood Association. And currently officially serve as the “Co-Secretary”! I continue to be surprised at how active my neighbors are in the neighborhood actitivies and it’s been interesting thinking about some of the issues that’ve come up.

And just a few minutes ago while browsing their website to make a link to for this post, I noticed that they have their own MySpace page, facebook profile (search Tattered Cover) and Youtube channel! Among some of the interesting video on their YouTube page was a tour of the aforementioned Colfax location.

And while I am sharing links, I might as well share a few John Hodgman videos, both of which are related to books:

• John Hodgman at the Books Out Loud Dance Party
• John Hodgman talks about Apple Commercials