diff --git a/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb b/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
index 0d1cecf6b..1e47b7a8b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class GroupsController < ApplicationController
 
   def edit
     @groups = current_user.groups
+    @remote_requests = Request.for_user current_user
   end
 
   def update
diff --git a/app/views/albums/index.html.haml b/app/views/albums/index.html.haml
index 87902a523..2be4bace9 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/index.html.haml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 = content_for :page_title do
   = link_to "Albums", albums_path
 
+- content_for :left_pane do
+  = render "shared/group_friends"
+
 %h1.big_text
   Albums
   .right
diff --git a/app/views/albums/show.html.haml b/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
index 5e6e64817..3d24b1c09 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 = content_for :page_title do
   = link_to @album.name, @album
 
+- content_for :left_pane do
+  = render "shared/group_friends"
+
 
 .album_id{:id => @album.id, :style => "display:hidden;"}
 
diff --git a/app/views/groups/edit.html.haml b/app/views/groups/edit.html.haml
index 3b69a93fa..b8fe6e904 100644
--- a/app/views/groups/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/groups/edit.html.haml
@@ -2,15 +2,27 @@
   = javascript_include_tag 'jquery-ui-1.8.4.custom.min.js'
   = javascript_include_tag 'group-edit.js'
 
-%h1{:class => 'big_text', :id => 'group_title'}
-  = "Editing Groups"
+- content_for :left_pane do
+  %h1{:id => 'group_title'}
+    Requests
+
+  %li.requests
+    %ul
+      - for request in @remote_requests
+        %li.person{:id => request.person.id, :request_id => request.id}
+          = image_tag(request.person.profile.image_url(:thumb_small)) unless request.person.profile.image_url.nil?
+          .name
+            = request.person.real_name
+
+%h1{:id => 'group_title'}
+  Relations
 
 %ul#group_list
 
 - for group in @groups
 
   %li.group
-    %h3= group.name
+    %h3{:contenteditable => true}= group.name
 
     %ul{:id => group.id}
       -if group.people.size < 1
@@ -20,8 +32,9 @@
         -for person in group.people
 
           %li.person{:id => person.id, :from_group_id => group.id}
-            = image_tag(person.profile.image_url(:thumb_small),:size => "30x30") unless person.profile.image_url.nil?
-            = person.real_name
+            = image_tag(person.profile.image_url(:thumb_small)) unless person.profile.image_url.nil?
+            .name
+              = person.real_name
 %p
   %br
   = link_to 'Update Groups', '#', :class => 'button', :id => "move_friends_link"
diff --git a/app/views/groups/index.html.haml b/app/views/groups/index.html.haml
index e4e18829e..d41f596e1 100644
--- a/app/views/groups/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/groups/index.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 - content_for :page_title do
   Home
 
+- content_for :left_pane do
+  = render "shared/group_friends"
+
 %ul#stream
   - for post in @posts
     = render type_partial(post), :post => post unless post.class == Album
diff --git a/app/views/groups/show.html.haml b/app/views/groups/show.html.haml
index 822a33ef4..4163d118d 100644
--- a/app/views/groups/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/groups/show.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 - content_for :page_title do
   Home
 
+- content_for :left_pane do
+  = render "shared/group_friends"
+
 %ul#stream
   - for post in @posts
     = render type_partial(post), :post => post
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 3c70d3a8a..d3c7e06fa 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
           .span-5.last
             - if @group == :all
               %h1
-                = link_to "All Groups", root_path
+                = link_to "All Relations", root_path
             - else
               %h1
                 = link_to @group.name, @group
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
     .container
       .span-5.last
-        = render "shared/group_friends"
+        = yield :left_pane
 
       .span-19.last
         = yield
diff --git a/app/views/people/show.html.haml b/app/views/people/show.html.haml
index 4d75df57e..acd52eef3 100644
--- a/app/views/people/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/show.html.haml
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-.span-20.last
-  #profile.span-19.last
+- content_for :page_title do
+  = @person.real_name
+
+- content_for :left_pane do
+  #profile
     .profile_photo
       = person_image_link(@person)
-
-    %h1
-      = @person.real_name
-      - if @person != current_user.person && current_user.friends.include?(@person)
-        .right
-          = link_to 'remove friend', @person, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete, :class => "button"
-    
     %ul
       -unless @posts.first.nil?
         %li
@@ -22,19 +18,14 @@
           = hidden_field_tag :from, :from, :value => @groups_with_person.first.id
           = hidden_field_tag :friend_id, :friend_id, :value => @person.id
           = submit_tag "save"
-      %li
-        url:
-        = @person.url
-    
-    - unless @latest_status_message.nil?
-      %h1.pinched
-        %span
-          = "\"#{@latest_status_message.message}\""
-        %span="posted: #{how_long_ago(@latest_status_message)}"
+
+    - if @person != current_user.person && current_user.friends.include?(@person)
+      = link_to 'remove friend', @person, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete, :class => "button"
+
+.span-20.last
   
-  .span-20.last
+  .span-19.last
     - if @posts
-      %h3= "stream - #{@post_count} item(s)" 
       %ul#stream
         - for post in @posts
           = render type_partial(post), :post => post unless post.class == Album
diff --git a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
index 51c7234f5..d582bc095 100644
--- a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 = content_for :page_title do
   = link_to "Photo", @photo
 
+- content_for :left_pane do
+  = render "shared/group_friends"
+
 
 %h1.big_text
   = @photo.image
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_group_nav.haml b/app/views/shared/_group_nav.haml
index 730672333..5c07b6e83 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_group_nav.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_group_nav.haml
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 
     %li.new_group= link_to("+", "#add_group_pane", :id => "add_group_button")
 
-    #group_edit_button
-      = link_to "edit", edit_group_path(Group.first), :class => "edit_group_button", :title => "Manage your facets."
+    #group_manage_button
+      = link_to "manage", edit_group_path(Group.first), :class => "edit_group_button", :title => "Manage your facets."
 
   %ul{ :style => "position:absolute;right:0;bottom:0;"}
     %li{:class => ("selected" if @group == :all)}
-      = link_to "All Groups", root_url
+      = link_to "All Relations", root_url
 
   .yo{ :style => "display:none;"}
     #add_group_pane
diff --git a/public/javascripts/group-edit.js b/public/javascripts/group-edit.js
index 28ab236de..5c136ebff 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/group-edit.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/group-edit.js
@@ -9,12 +9,18 @@ $('#move_friends_link').live( 'click',
     });
 
 $(function() {
-		$("li .person").draggable({
+    $("li .person").draggable({
 		  revert: true
     });
-		$(".group ul").droppable({
+    
+    $("li .person").draggable({
+		  revert: true
+    });
+		
+    $(".group ul").droppable({
 
 			drop: function(event, ui) {
+
         var move = {};
         move[ 'friend_id' ] = ui.draggable[0].id
         move[ 'to' ] = $(this)[0].id;
diff --git a/public/javascripts/view.js b/public/javascripts/view.js
index 7d096e52b..8b4c44134 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/view.js
@@ -25,51 +25,32 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     $(this).fadeIn("slow");
   });
 
-
-  $(".edit_group_button").click(function() {
-
-    var element = $(this).closest("li").children(".group_name").children("a");
-    var oldHTML = element.html();
-
-    var link = element.attr("href");
-
-    element.toggleClass("editing");
-
-    if( element.hasClass("editing") ) {
-      element.attr("contentEditable", true);
-      element.focus();
-  
-      //remove newline action
-      $(element).keypress(function(e) {
-        if (e.which == 13) {
-          e.preventDefault();
-          element.attr("contentEditable", false);
-          element.toggleClass("editing");
-          element.blur();
-
-          //save changes
-          $.ajax({
-            type: "PUT",
-            url: link,
-            data: {"group" : {"name" : element.text() }}
-          });
-        }
-      });
-
-      //update all other group links
-      $(element).keyup(function(e) {
-        $("a[href='"+link+"']").not(element).text(element.text());
-      });
-
-    } else {
-      element.attr("contentEditable", false);
-    }
-
-  });
-
-
 });//end document ready
 
+$(".group h3").live( 'click', function() {
+
+  var $this = $(this);
+  var id    = $this.closest("li").children("ul").attr("id");
+  var link  = "/groups/"+ id;
+
+  $this.keypress(function(e) {
+    if (e.which == 13) {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      $this.blur();
+
+      //save changes
+      $.ajax({
+        type: "PUT",
+        url: link,
+        data: {"group" : {"name" : $this.text() }}
+      });
+    }
+    //update all other group links
+    $this.keyup(function(e) {
+      $("a[href='"+link+"']").text($this.text());
+    });
+  });
+});
 
 
 function pane_toggler_button( name ) {
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 1bc9132e6..029ccad0d 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -453,11 +453,11 @@ h1.big_text {
 #group_nav {
   position: relative;
   color: black; }
-  #group_nav #group_edit_button {
+  #group_nav #group_manage_button {
     display: inline;
     margin-top: 1px;
     font-size: 12px; }
-    #group_nav #group_edit_button a {
+    #group_nav #group_manage_button a {
       color: #999999; }
   #group_nav ul {
     margin-bottom: 0;
@@ -582,13 +582,19 @@ h1.big_text {
       font-size: 12px;
       margin-top: -3px; }
 
-.editing, .editing:hover {
+.editing,
+.editing:hover {
   background-color: yellow;
   border: 1px #666666 solid; }
 
-.group {
+.group,
+.requests {
   list-style: none; }
-  .group ul {
+  .group h3,
+  .requests h3 {
+    display: inline-block; }
+  .group ul,
+  .requests ul {
     min-height: 20px;
     margin: 0;
       margin-left: 1em;
@@ -598,12 +604,26 @@ h1.big_text {
     border-radius: 3px;
     list-style: none;
     padding: 15px; }
-    .group ul li {
-      margin-left: 0;
-      padding: 5px;
-      cursor: move; }
-      .group ul li img {
-        display: inline-block; }
-    .group ul .grey {
+  .group .person,
+  .requests .person {
+    display: inline-block;
+    margin-left: 0;
+    padding: 5px;
+    cursor: move;
+    margin: 5px;
+    background-color: #cccccc;
+    -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
+    text-align: center;
+    width: 75px;
+    height: 75px;
+    padding: 5px;
+    border: 1px solid #999999; }
+    .group .person img,
+    .requests .person img {
+      height: 50px;
+      width: 50px;
+      display: inline-block; }
+    .group .person .grey,
+    .requests .person .grey {
       font-style: italic;
       color: #666666; }
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 4b23cecfc..887af39ae 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ h1.big_text
   :color #000
 
 
-  #group_edit_button
+  #group_manage_button
     :display inline
     :margin
       :top 1px
@@ -761,15 +761,21 @@ h1.big_text
       :margin
         :top -3px
 
-.editing, .editing:hover
+.editing,
+.editing:hover
   :background
     :color yellow
   :border 1px #666 solid
 
 
-.group
+.group,
+.requests
   :list
     :style none
+
+  h3
+    :display inline-block
+
   ul
     :min-height 20px
     :margin 0
@@ -784,14 +790,32 @@ h1.big_text
       :style none
     :padding 15px
 
-    li
-      :margin
-        :left 0
-      :padding 5px 
-      :cursor move
+  .person
+    :display inline-block
+    :margin
+      :left 0
+    :padding 5px 
+    :cursor move
+    :margin 5px
+
+    :background
+      :color #ccc
+    :-webkit-border-radius 3px
+
+    :text
+      :align center
+
+    :width 75px
+    :height 75px
+    :padding 5px
+
+    :border 1px solid #999
+
+    img
+      :height 50px
+      :width 50px
+      :display inline-block
 
-      img
-        :display inline-block
 
     .grey
       :font