diff --git a/Eventer/index.html b/Eventer/index.html
index 5f7e4bd..65ddd02 100644
--- a/Eventer/index.html
+++ b/Eventer/index.html
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
         <script src="scripts/app/identity-provider.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/app/main.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 
-        <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans+Condensed:light&v1' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
+        <link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans+Condensed:light&v1" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
+        <link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:light&v1" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
         <link href="kendo/styles/kendo.mobile.all.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
         <link href="styles/main.css" rel="stylesheet" />
     </head>
diff --git a/Eventer/scripts/app/main.js b/Eventer/scripts/app/main.js
index 6621b85..58a09f8 100644
--- a/Eventer/scripts/app/main.js
+++ b/Eventer/scripts/app/main.js
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ var app = (function () {
             CoverImageURL: function () {
                 return AppHelper.resolvePictureUrl(this.get('CoverImage'));
             },
+            CoverImageDisplay: function () {
+                return this.get('CoverImage') !== undefined ? "block" : "none";
+            },            
             ParticipantsCount: function () {
                 var participants = this.get('Participants');
                 //return participants.length;
@@ -373,34 +376,70 @@ var app = (function () {
     }());
 
     // add activity view model
-    var addActivityViewModel = (function () {
-        var $newStatus;
+    var addEventViewModel = (function () {
+        var $eventTitle;
+        var $eventAllDay;
+        var $eventStartTime;
+        var $eventEndTime;
+        var $eventDescription;
+        var $eventMaxParticipants;
+        var $eventLocationDescription;
+        //var $eventLocationCoordinates;
+        var $eventTags;
         var validator;
         var init = function () {
-            validator = $('#enterStatus').kendoValidator().data("kendoValidator");
-            $newStatus = $('#newStatus');
+            validator = $('#add-event-form').kendoValidator().data("kendoValidator");
+            $eventTitle = $('#eventTitle');
+            $eventAllDay = $('#eventAllDay');
+            $eventStartTime = $('#eventStartTime');
+            $eventEndTime = $('#eventEndTime');
+            $eventDescription = $('#eventDescription');
+            $eventMaxParticipants = $('#eventMaxParticipants');
+            $eventLocationDescription = $('#eventLocationDescription');
+            //$eventLocationCoordinates = $('#eventLocationCoordinates');
+            $eventTags = $('#eventTags');
         };
         var show = function () {
-            $newStatus.val('');
+            $eventTitle.val("");
+            $eventStartTime.val(new Date().toJSON().slice(0,10));
+            $eventEndTime.val(new Date().toJSON().slice(0,10));
+            $eventDescription.val("");
+            $eventMaxParticipants.val("");
+            $eventLocationDescription.val("");
+            //$eventLocationCoordinates.val("");
+            $eventTags.val("");
             validator.hideMessages();
         };
-        var saveActivity = function () {
-            if (validator.validate()) {
-                var activities = activitiesModel.activities;
-                var activity = activities.add();
-                activity.Text = $newStatus.val();
-                activity.UserId = usersModel.currentUser.get('data').Id;
-                activities.one('sync', function () {
-                    mobileApp.navigate('#:back');
-                });
-                activities.sync();
+        var saveEvent = function () {
+            /// todo include this if (validator.validate())
+            {
+              // add a new item
+              var events = EventsModel.events;
+              var ev = events.add();
+              ev.Title = $eventTitle.val();
+              ev.StartTime = $eventStartTime.val();
+                // todo ev.EndTime and AllDay
+              ev.Description = $eventDescription.val();
+              ev.MaxParticipants = ($eventMaxParticipants == '' || $eventMaxParticipants == 'unlimited') ? 0 : parseInt($eventMaxParticipants.val());
+              ev.LocationDescription = $eventLocationDescription.val();
+              //ev.LocationCoordinates = $eventLocationCoordinates.val();
+              ev.Tags = $eventTags.val().split(" ");
+              ev.Feed = '9dec1eb0-47ca-11e3-afbf-61834747fc11'; // hardcoded for now
+              ev.Organizer = this.me.data.Id;
+//              for (var p in ev)
+//                  console.log("  ev." + p + ": " + ev[p]);
+//              for (var p2 in this.me.data)
+//                console.log("  me.data." + p2 + ": " + this.me.data[p2]);                
+              events.sync();
+              mobileApp.navigate('#:back');
+              // or ???? events.one('sync', function () {mobileApp.navigate('#:back');});
             }
         };
         return {
             init: init,
             show: show,
             me: usersModel.currentUser,
-            saveActivity: saveActivity
+            saveEvent: saveEvent
         };
     }());
 
@@ -408,9 +447,9 @@ var app = (function () {
         viewModels: {
             login: loginViewModel,
             signup: singupViewModel,
-            addActivity: addActivityViewModel,
+            addEvent: addEventViewModel,
             feed: feedViewModel,
             event: eventViewModel
         }
     };
-}());
\ No newline at end of file
+}());
diff --git a/Eventer/styles/main.css b/Eventer/styles/main.css
index 4f8e704..7ecbfb7 100644
--- a/Eventer/styles/main.css
+++ b/Eventer/styles/main.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 body {
-    font-family: Open Sans !important;
+    font-family: Open Sans!important;
 }
 
 #friendsApp.km-android .km-view
@@ -577,4 +577,4 @@ textarea
     background-image: url(images/icons/location_icon.png);
     line-height: 17px;
     padding-left: 20px;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Eventer/views/addEventView.html b/Eventer/views/addEventView.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc936cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Eventer/views/addEventView.html
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<div data-role="view" id="add-event" data-layout="default" class="add-event-view" data-model="app.viewModels.addEvent"
+    data-init="app.viewModels.addEvent.init" data-show="app.viewModels.addEvent.show">
+    <header data-role="header">
+        <div data-role="navbar">
+            Add Event
+            <a data-align="left" data-role="backbutton">Cancel</a>
+            <a data-align="right" data-role="button" data-bind="click: saveEvent">Done</a>
+        </div>
+    </header>
+    
+    <form id="add-event-form">
+        <ul data-role="listview" data-style="inset">
+            <li>
+                <label for="eventTitle">What</label>
+                <input type="text" id="eventTitle" placeholder="What's happening?" data-bind="value: Title"/> <!--required validationMessage="Please choose a name for your event"/-->
+            </li>
+            <li>
+                <label for="eventLocationDescription">Where</label>
+                <input type="text" id="eventLocationDescription" placeholder="Where to meet?" data-bind="value: LocationDescription"/>
+            </li>
+            <li style="margin-top:20px;">
+                <label for="eventStartTime">All-day</label>
+                <input type="checkbox" data-role="switch" id="eventAllDay" /><!--data-bind="value: AllDay"/-->
+            </li>
+            <li>
+                <label for="eventStartTime">Starts</label>
+                <input type="date" id="eventStartTime" data-bind="value: StartTime"/>
+            </li>
+            <li>
+                <label for="eventEndTime">Ends</label>
+                <input type="date" id="eventEndTime" data-bind="value: EndTime"/>
+            </li>
+            <li style="margin-top:20px;">
+                <label for="eventDescription">More info</label>
+                <input type="text" id="eventDescription" placeholder="Details, links, etc" data-bind="value: Description"/>
+            </li>
+            <li>
+                <label for="eventMaxParticipants">May join</label>
+                <input type="text" id="eventMaxParticipants" placeholder="unlimited" data-bind="value: MaxParticipants"/>
+            </li>
+            <!--<li>
+                <label for="eventLocationCoordinates">On the map</label>
+                <input type="text" id="eventLocationCoordinates" data-bind="value: LocationCoordinates"/>
+            </li>-->
+            <li>
+                <label for="eventTags">#Tags</label>
+                <input type="text" id="eventTags" placeholder="#lunch #italian" data-bind="value: Tags"/>
+            </li>
+        </ul>
+    </form>
+</div>
diff --git a/Eventer/views/feedView.html b/Eventer/views/feedView.html
index 933c3ce..ead6d3b 100644
--- a/Eventer/views/feedView.html
+++ b/Eventer/views/feedView.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
             <div class="nav-button"  data-align="left" data-role="button" id="swipe-menu-btn"></div>
             Event Feed
             <div class="nav-button"  data-align="right" data-role="button" id="search-btn"></div>
+            <a class="nav-button" data-align="right" data-role="button" href="views/addEventView.html">Add</a>
         </div>
     </header>
 
@@ -28,10 +29,10 @@
             <time class="timeSpan time-icon" style="float: right;">${StartTimeFormatted()}</time>
         </div>
         <div>
-			<img src="${CoverImageURL()}" style="width: 292px; height: 140px;" />
+			<img src="${CoverImageURL()}" style="width: 292px; height: 140px; display:${CoverImageDisplay()}}" />
 		</div>
         <div class="user-share">
             <a class="user-share-txt">${Description}</a>
         </div>
     </div>
-</script>
\ No newline at end of file
+</script>