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05/09/2025

Friday Sep 5: Friends Creative Studio Grand opening, starts 4 PM, runs through 7 PM, resumes throughout the weekend.

05/09/2025

Based on recent reporting on the topic... it sounds like Eastridge Mall wants to push toward a similar path Frontier Mall and Greeley Mall have, which is to bring in more entertainment venues and local businesses.

Casper Star Tribune:

Eastridge Mall is a shadow of what it used to be, but mall general manager Tammy Ito is hopeful it can be revived.

01/09/2025

UPDATED: Friends Creative Studio and Rocket Snacks and Beyond Candy Shop are expanding their presence at Frontier Mall! Article with more information linked in comments of each photo!

Deb and Lori who co-owned Friends Creative Studio outgrew their previous space and have decided to open separate stores. Going forward, the new Friends Creative Studio will be owned by Lori (Creator Created Create), while Deb will now put her focus on her new store, Rocket Snacks and Beyond Candy Shop.

28/08/2025

After many, many weeks of waiting, Owen's Hot Chicken is now open! Hours are 10 AM to 10 PM everyday, and their website is up! I've updated my article to reflect this information.

Personally, I think three tenders is the sweet spot; meals come with two tenders by default, but you can get additional tenders on the side. You can get no spice, lite mild spice, mouth-burning spice, and several other options in between. In my case, I tried no spice and mild spice, and neither seemed overwhelmed in spiciness.

27/08/2025

It appears Owen's Hot Chicken has a scheduled opening date of August 28th after having fixed plumbing issues that previously delayed the opening period. (Updated) Article with more info linked in comments of each photo!

25/08/2025

Headsup! The Cheyenne Transit Program recently relocated/moved the transfer Center to the Spiker Parking Garage along W 17th St. The buses will no longer stop at the O'Neil/17th transfer area. The East Bus will no longer stop at Carey and 19th. And, starting a couple or so months ago, the Northwest Bus went back to only stopping at the county Library once per hour. Video below shows and explains this further. This change was made official as of about one week ago.

In this video, I quickly discuss how the CTP Transfer Center has relocated back to the Spiker Parking Garage, along W 17th St. Buses will no longer stop alon...

22/08/2025

Open!

Thanks to our first guests, or what we call family!!
Now open, Frontier Mall next to Madhouse BJJ.
Free gift for our first 100 guests and
buy one admission, get another half off!

17/08/2025

"Mexican Candy's" is the new Mexican Candy shop that just opened at Frontier Mall! Article with more information linked in comments of each photo. Note that "Mexican Candy's" is otherwise unrelated to Dulces Cuh.

17/08/2025

It's important that I do my due diligence of making sure people are properly informed! Here's a glimpse at SHIKI which just opened today! They very much are emphasizing anime-related topics.

So, no, this is not just another claw machine shop, this is, from what I can tell, as close to the "real deal" you are gonna be able to find locally. I haven't ever visited Japan, but based on photos I've seen of places like this that are in Japan, this does at least look similar.

They have blind boxes, gachapon machines (sorta like gumball machines but for toys), and plenty of claw machines.