diff --git a/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml b/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml
index 6b76a27b1..3835fd377 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     = link_to post.name, object_path(post)
 
     %div.time
-      by: 
+      by
       = album_person(post)
       %br
       = link_to(how_long_ago(post), object_path(post))
diff --git a/app/views/albums/index.html.haml b/app/views/albums/index.html.haml
index 56b0b6bb8..efdef8872 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/index.html.haml
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 %h1.big_text
   .back
     = link_to "⇧ home", root_path
-  %ul.button_set
-    %li.selected= friends_albums_link
-    %li= your_albums_link
-
+  Albums
   .button.right#add_album_button
     = link_to 'New Album', "#"
 
   #add_album_box.contextual_pane
     = render "albums/new_album"
 
+.sub_header
+  %ul.button_set
+    %li.selected= friends_albums_link
+    %li= your_albums_link
+
 %ul#stream
   - for album in @albums
     = render "album", :post => album
diff --git a/app/views/albums/show.html.haml b/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
index 79a46315d..d03622679 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       = render "photos/new_photo", :photo => @photo, :album => @album
 
 .sub_header
-  ="last updated: #{how_long_ago(@album)}"
+  ="updated #{how_long_ago(@album)}"
 
 -unless mine? @album
   %h4= "by #{@album.person.real_name}"
diff --git a/app/views/dashboards/index.html.haml b/app/views/dashboards/index.html.haml
index b358d5e5b..5cab5d2d5 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboards/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboards/index.html.haml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   %h1#user_name
     = link_to current_user.real_name, root_path
     %span= title_for_page
-  %h3
-    #latest_message= my_latest_message
+  %h3#latest_message
+    = my_latest_message
 = render "shared/publisher"
 %ul#stream
   - for post in @posts
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 2b1c00c47..07e4dfae0 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
 
     .container
       .span-24.last
-        .span-19.append-1.last
+        .span-20.append-1.last
           = yield
-        .span-4.last
+        .span-3.last
           = link_to(person_image_tag(current_user), root_path)
           %br
           = link_to "Edit your profile", edit_user_path(current_user)
diff --git a/app/views/people/index.html.haml b/app/views/people/index.html.haml
index b688b3c5d..cfc12dcc9 100644
--- a/app/views/people/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/index.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-- title "People"
+%h1.big_text
+  .back
+    = link_to '⇧ home', root_path
+  Friends
+  .button.right
+    = link_to 'Add Friend', requests_path
 
 %table
   %tr
diff --git a/app/views/requests/index.html.haml b/app/views/requests/index.html.haml
index c7943f49c..8278719ee 100644
--- a/app/views/requests/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/requests/index.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %h1.big_text
   .back
     = link_to "⇧ home", root_path
-  requests
+  Requests
 
 = render "requests/new_request", :request => @request
 
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml b/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
index b7bfae5e9..2ac0bcc65 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #publisher
-  %sp
-    POST:
   %ul#publisher_content_pickers
     %li{ :class => "status_message selected" }= link_to "status message", "#"
     %li{ :class => "bookmark" }= link_to "bookmark", "#"
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index d2e449072..fb873738a 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ header {
     margin-bottom: 1em;
   color: #555555;
   background-color: #2b2726;
-  border-bottom: 1px solid #444444;
+  border-bottom: 3px solid #333333;
   padding: 6px 0;
     padding-top: 0; }
   header #diaspora_text {
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ form {
     color: #dddddd;
     float: right; }
 
+#latest_message {
+  font-weight: normal; }
+
 #stream div.comments {
   display: none; }
 
@@ -208,7 +211,8 @@ ul.comment_set {
 #profile ul {
   list-style-type: none; }
 
-#stream img.person_picture {
+#stream img.person_picture, #profile img.person_picture,
+.comments img.person_picture {
   border-radius: 3px;
   -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
   -moz-border-radius: 3px;
@@ -289,9 +293,6 @@ label {
   color: #999999;
   padding: 20px 1em;
     padding-top: 10px; }
-  #publisher sp {
-    font-family: "BrandonGrotesqueLightRegular";
-    font-size: large; }
 
 #new_blog,
 #new_bookmark {
@@ -341,7 +342,8 @@ ul#publisher_content_pickers li {
     padding: 1em;
     background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
     bottom: 20px;
-    font-size: 18px; }
+    font-size: 18px;
+    text-shadow: 0 2px 0 black; }
     .album .name .time {
       font-size: 12px; }
       .album .name .time a {
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index ee805bca1..00ccb3729 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ header
   :background
     :color #2B2726
   :border
-    :bottom 1px solid #444
+    :bottom 3px solid #333
   :padding 6px 0
     :top 0
 
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ form
       :size 30%
     :color #dddddd
     :float right
+
+#latest_message
+  :font
+    :weight normal
     
 
 #stream div.comments
@@ -243,6 +247,7 @@ ul.comment_set
       :padding
         :bottom 8px
         
+
 .profile_photo
   :float left
   :margin-right 10px
@@ -250,7 +255,9 @@ ul.comment_set
   ul
     :list-style-type none
         
-#stream
+
+#stream, #profile,
+.comments
   img.person_picture
     :border-radius 3px
     :-webkit-border-radius 3px
@@ -344,11 +351,6 @@ label
   :color #999
   :padding 20px 1em
     :top 10px
-  sp
-    :font
-      :family 'BrandonGrotesqueLightRegular'
-    :font-size large
-
 
 #new_blog, 
 #new_bookmark
@@ -414,6 +416,8 @@ ul#publisher_content_pickers li
     :bottom 20px
     :font
       :size 18px
+    
+    :text-shadow 0 2px 0 #000
 
     .time
       :font
@@ -478,3 +482,5 @@ h1.big_text
     :top -5px
     :bottom 20px
   :color #999
+
+
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/ui.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/ui.sass
index eaa2f674c..213953d7f 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/ui.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/ui.sass
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .button, .button_set
   :font
     :family "Lucida Grande", sans-serif
+    :style normal
 
   :display inline
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/ui.css b/public/stylesheets/ui.css
index c760a1b0f..3fef3ac8c 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/ui.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/ui.css
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .button, .button_set {
   font-family: "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;
+  font-style: normal;
   display: inline;
   color: #777777;
   font-size: 12px;