--- a/swtstore/classes/models/sweet.py
+++ b/swtstore/classes/models/sweet.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     def getFrontendSwts():
         return Sweet.query.order_by(Sweet.created.desc()).all()
 
-    # get sweets all sweets authored by a particular user
+    # get all sweets authored by a particular user
     @staticmethod
     def getByCreator(user):
         return Sweet.query.filter_by(who=user).\
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@
             'context_id': self.context_id,
             'where': self.where,
             'how': self.how,
-            'created': self.created.isoformat()
+            #'created': self.created.isoformat()
+            'created': self.created.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y, %I:%M %p UTC'),
         }
 
 
--- a/swtstore/classes/models/user.py
+++ b/swtstore/classes/models/user.py
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@
             'id': self.id,
             'username': self.username,
             'email': self.email,
-            'created': self.created.isoformat(),
-            'last_active': self.last_active.isoformat()
+            #'created': self.created.isoformat(),
+            'created': self.created.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y, %I:%M %p UTC'),
+            #'last_active': self.last_active.isoformat()
+            'last_active': self.last_active.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y, %I:%M %p UTC')
         }
 
     def __repr__(self):
--- a/swtstore/classes/views/frontend.py
+++ b/swtstore/classes/views/frontend.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 from flask import Module, jsonify, request, render_template, redirect,\
                 url_for, g, current_app
 
-from sqlalchemy import desc
-
 from swtstore.classes.models import Sweet, User
 
 
@@ -15,8 +13,7 @@
 @frontend.route('/', methods=['GET'])
 def index():
     sweets = Sweet.getFrontendSwts()
-
-    user = User.getCurrentUser()
+    sweets = [sweet.to_dict() for sweet in sweets]
 
     return render_template('frontend/index.html', sweets=sweets)
 
--- a/swtstore/classes/views/sweet.py
+++ b/swtstore/classes/views/sweet.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     sweet = Sweet.query.get(id)
     if sweet:
         print "sweet found " + str(sweet)
-        return render_template('sweet/specific.html', sweet=sweet)
+        return render_template('sweet/specific.html', sweet=sweet.to_dict())
     else:
         abort(404)
--- a/swtstore/classes/views/user.py
+++ b/swtstore/classes/views/user.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         return redirect(url_for('frontend.index'))
 
     if request.method == 'GET':
-        return render_template('user/me.html', user=current_user)
+        return render_template('user/me.html', user=current_user.to_dict())
 
     # else POST request
     username = request.form.get('username')
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
         return redirect(url_for('frontend.index'))
 
     swts = Sweet.getByCreator(user)
+    swts = [swt.to_dict() for swt in swts]
     return render_template('user/sweets.html', sweets=swts)
 
 
--- a/swtstore/static/css/style.css
+++ b/swtstore/static/css/style.css
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@
   font-size: 0.8em;
   text-align: center;
 }
+.created {
+  font-size: 0.9em;
+  font-style: italic;
+}
--- a/swtstore/templates/frontend/index.html
+++ b/swtstore/templates/frontend/index.html
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
 
   {% if sweets|length > 0 %}
 
-    <ul class="entries unstyled">
+    <ul class="list-group">
     {% for sweet in sweets %}
-      <li>
+      <li class="list-group-item">
         <span class="who">
           <a href="#">
-            @{{ sweet.who.username }}
+            @{{ sweet.who }}
           </a>
         </span>
         <span class="what">
-          <b> #{{ sweet.what.name }} </b>
+          <b> #{{ sweet.what }} </b>
         </span>
         <span class="where">
           {{ sweet.where }}
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
           {{ sweet.how|escape|safe }}
         </span>
 
-        <small><i>created: {{sweet.created }}</i></small>
+        <p></p>
+        <span class="created">created:
+          <span>{{ sweet.created }}</span>
+        </span>
 
         <span class="pull-right permalink">
           <a href="{{ url_for('sweet.showSweet', id=sweet.id) }}">
--- a/swtstore/templates/sweet/specific.html
+++ b/swtstore/templates/sweet/specific.html
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 {% block body %}
 
-<ul class="entries unstyled">
-  <li>
+<ul class="list-group">
+  <li class="list-group-item">
     <span class="who">
       <a href="#">
-        @{{ sweet.who.username }}
+        @{{ sweet.who }}
       </a>
     </span>
     <span class="what">
-      <b> #{{ sweet.what.name }} </b>
+      <b> #{{ sweet.what }} </b>
     </span>
     <span class="where">
       {{ sweet.where }}
--- a/swtstore/templates/user/me.html
+++ b/swtstore/templates/user/me.html
@@ -26,19 +26,16 @@
       </p>
     </div>
   </div>
+  <div class="form-group">
+    <label class="control-label">Last Active</label>
+    <div class="">
+      <p class="form-control-static" id="last-active">
+      {{ user.last_active }}
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  </div>
   <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Update</button>
 </form>
-
-{% endblock %}
-
-{% block scripts %}
-
-<script>
-  var created = new Date("{{ user.created }}");
-  window.onload = function() {
-    $('#user-created').html(created.toString());
-  };
-</script>
 
 {% endblock %}
--- a/swtstore/templates/user/sweets.html
+++ b/swtstore/templates/user/sweets.html
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 
   {% if sweets|length > 0 %}
 
-    <ul class="entries unstyled">
+    <ul class="list-group">
     {% for sweet in sweets %}
-      <li>
+      <li class="list-group-item">
         <span class="who">
           <a href="#">
-            @{{ sweet.who.username }}
+            @{{ sweet.who }}
           </a>
         </span>
         <span class="what">
-          <b> #{{ sweet.what.name }} </b>
+          <b> #{{ sweet.what }} </b>
         </span>
         <span class="where">
           {{ sweet.where }}