diff --git a/client/src/components/derived/Friends.tsx b/client/src/components/derived/Friends.tsx
index 4ec2b14..e96324c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/derived/Friends.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/derived/Friends.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { FC, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { v4 } from "uuid";
 import { useAuthContext } from "../../context/AuthContext";
 import { getAllUsers, getFriendships, getPendingFriendRequests, getUserByID } from "../../util/apiUtils";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { IUser, IFriendship } from "../../schemas";
 import { Card, Divider, Panel } from "../ui";
 import FriendSearchWidget from "../ui/Widgets/FriendSearchWidget";
 
-export default function Friends() {
+const Friends: FC<{ targetUser?: IUser }> = ({ targetUser }) => {
     const [friends, setFriends] = useState<IFriendship[]>();
     const [userList, setUserList] = useState(new Array<IUser>());
     const { user, token } = useAuthContext();
@@ -35,29 +35,35 @@ export default function Friends() {
         if (!token || !friends) return;
         
         friends.map(async (friend: IFriendship) => {
-            const Friends = new API.Friendship(token);
-            const userData = await Friends.getByID(friend.targetid as string);
+            const User = new API.User(token);
+            const userData = await User.getByID(friend.targetid as string);
             if (userData) setUserList((prev: IUser[]) => {
-                return [...prev, userData]
+                if (prev.includes(userData)) {
+                    return prev;
+                } else {
+                    return [...prev, userData]
+                }
             })
         })
     }, [friends]);
 
-    useEffect(() => {
-        console.log(userList);
-    }, [setUserList])
-
     return (
         <>
         { userList.length ? 
         (
             <Card extraStyles="flex-row">
-                <h2>Your friendships:</h2>
+                <h2>Friends ({ userList?.length ?? "0" }):</h2>
+
                 {
                     userList.map((user: IUser) => {
-                        return <UserCard key={v4()} user={user} />
+                        return <UserCard key={v4()} targetUser={user} />
                     })
                 }
+
+                <aside>
+                    <p>Looking for someone else?</p>
+                    <p>You can search for more friends <a href="/add-friends">here!</a></p>
+                </aside>
             </Card>
         ) : 
         (
@@ -73,4 +79,6 @@ export default function Friends() {
         }
         </>
     )
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+export default Friends
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/components/pages/CollectionBrowser.tsx b/client/src/components/pages/CollectionBrowser.tsx
index ac8d70a..2ee8aca 100644
--- a/client/src/components/pages/CollectionBrowser.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/pages/CollectionBrowser.tsx
@@ -1,53 +1,67 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { v4 } from "uuid";
 import { useAuthContext } from "../../context/AuthContext";
-import { ICollection, IRecipe } from "../../schemas";
+import { ICollection } from "../../schemas";
 import API from "../../util/API";
-import { Card, Page } from "../ui";
-
-interface CollectionDetails {
-    idx: number
-    collection: ICollection
-    recipes: IRecipe[]
-}
+import { Page, Panel } from "../ui";
 
 const CollectionBrowser = () => {
     const [list, setList] = useState<ICollection[]>();
     const { token } = useAuthContext();
 
+    async function getRecipeCount(collection: ICollection) {
+        if (!token) return [];
+        const collections = new API.Collection(token);
+        const result = await collections.getRecipesFromOne(collection.id);
+        if (result) return result;
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    async function mapRecipes() {
+        if (!list) return;
+
+        return list.map(async (each) => {
+            const count = await getRecipeCount(each);
+
+            return (
+                <Panel key={v4()}>
+                    <h2>{each.name}</h2>
+                    <p>{count.length} recipes</p>
+                    <a href={`/collections/${each.id}`}>Link to details</a>
+                </Panel>
+            )
+        })
+    }
+
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!token) return;
         (async() => {
             const collections = new API.Collection(token);
-            const recipes = new API.Recipe(token);
-
             const allRecipes = await collections.getAllAuthored();
-            if (allRecipes) {
-                const result = new Array<CollectionDetails[]>();
-
-                let i = 0;
-                for (let each of allRecipes) {
-                }
-                
-                setList(allRecipes);
-            }
+            if (allRecipes) setList(allRecipes);
         })();
     }, [token])
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+
+    }, [list])
+
     return (
         <Page>
-            <h1>Browsing your {2} collections:</h1>
-
-            {
-                list && list.map(each => {
+            { list && (
+                <>
+                <h1>Browsing your {list.length} collection{ (list.length !== 1) && "s" }:</h1>
+    
+                { list.map(each => {
                     return (
-                        <Card key={v4()}>
+                        <Panel key={v4()}>
                             <h2>{each.name}</h2>
                             <a href={`/collections/${each.id}`}>Link to details</a>
-                        </Card>
+                        </Panel>
                     )
-                })
-            }
+                })}
+                </>
+            )}
         </Page>
     )
 }
diff --git a/client/src/components/pages/Profile.tsx b/client/src/components/pages/Profile.tsx
index 0e50f30..8dd06af 100644
--- a/client/src/components/pages/Profile.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/pages/Profile.tsx
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ export default function Profile() {
         isSet: false
     });
 
-    const dateFormatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeStyle: undefined, dateStyle: "long" });
-
     // STEP 1: FETCH METADATA (requires token)
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!token || !user) return;
@@ -115,10 +113,6 @@ export default function Profile() {
                 }
             })();
 
-            (async() => {
-                const Friends = new API.Friendship(token);
-            })
-
             setMetadata((prev) => {
                 return {
                     ...prev,
@@ -135,6 +129,8 @@ export default function Profile() {
     // STEP 2: set up page UI based on profile config above
     useEffect(() => {
         if (metadata.isSet) {
+
+            // if this is another user's profile
             if (metadata.targetUser) {
                 setContents(
                     <Protect redirect="/">
@@ -148,12 +144,12 @@ export default function Profile() {
                                 </Panel>
     
                                 <Panel>
-                                    <h2>My collections:</h2>
+                                    <h2>{metadata.targetUser.firstname}'s collections ({ metadata.collections.length ?? "0" }):</h2>
                                     <CollectionList targetID={metadata.targetUser.id} />
                                 </Panel>
     
                                 <Panel>
-                                    <h2>My friends:</h2>
+                                    <h2>{metadata.targetUser.firstname}'s friends:</h2>
                                     <Friends />
                                 </Panel>
                             </div>
@@ -161,6 +157,8 @@ export default function Profile() {
                     </Protect>
                 )
             } else {
+
+                // if this is the current user's profile
                 setContents(
                     <Protect redirect="profile">
                         <div className="profile-authenticated">
@@ -178,12 +176,11 @@ export default function Profile() {
     
                                 <Panel>
                                     {/* include number of collections */}
-                                    <h2>My collections ({ metadata.collections.length || 0 }):</h2>
+                                    <h2><a href="/collections">My collections</a> ({ metadata.collections.length || 0 }):</h2>
                                     <CollectionList />
                                 </Panel>
     
                                 <Panel>
-                                    <h2>My friends:</h2>
                                     <Friends />
                                 </Panel>
                             </div>
diff --git a/client/src/components/pages/Recipe.tsx b/client/src/components/pages/Recipe.tsx
index 66c92a7..d6b2720 100644
--- a/client/src/components/pages/Recipe.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/pages/Recipe.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import { Page, Panel } from "../ui";
-import { IRecipe } from "../../util/types";
+import { IRecipe } from "../../schemas";
 import { getRecipeByID } from "../../util/apiUtils";
 
 export default function Recipe() {
diff --git a/client/src/components/ui/UserCard.tsx b/client/src/components/ui/UserCard.tsx
index b30b0fa..34dd5cb 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ui/UserCard.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/ui/UserCard.tsx
@@ -1,47 +1,55 @@
+import { AxiosError } from "axios";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuthContext } from "../../context/AuthContext";
-import API from "../../util/API";
-// import { addFriend, getPendingFriendRequests } from "../../util/apiUtils";
 import { UserCardType } from "../../util/types";
+import API from "../../util/API";
 import Button from "./Button";
 import Card from "./Card";
 
-const UserCard: UserCardType = ({ extraStyles, user }) => {
+const UserCard: UserCardType = ({ extraStyles, targetUser }) => {
+    const [buttonVariant, setButtonVariant] = useState(<></>);
     const { token } = useAuthContext();
 
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!token) return;
 
         (async function() {
-            const friends = new API.Friendship(token);
-            const requestsOpen = await friends.getPendingFriendRequests();
-            console.log(requestsOpen);
-            if (!requestsOpen) return;
-
-            for (let req of requestsOpen) {
-                if (req.targetid == user.id) {
-                    console.log('should disable');
-                    return;
+            try {
+                const friends = new API.Friendship(token);
+                const requestsOpen = await friends.getPendingFriendRequests();
+                if (!requestsOpen) return;
+    
+                for (let req of requestsOpen) {
+                    if (req.targetid == targetUser.id) {
+                        setButtonVariant(<Button disabled>Request Sent!</Button>)
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+    
+                setButtonVariant(<Button onClick={handleClick}>Send Request</Button>)
+            } catch (error) {
+                if (error instanceof AxiosError) {
+                    console.log(error.response?.statusText);
                 }
             }
-
-            console.log('should not disable');
-        });
+        })();
     }, [])
 
     const handleClick = async () => {
         if (!token) return;
         const friends = new API.Friendship(token);
-        const request = await friends.addFriend(user.id!.toString());
-        if (request) console.log("Friend request sent to " + user.firstname);
+        const request = await friends.addFriend(targetUser.id!.toString());
+        if (request) {
+            setButtonVariant(<Button disabled>Request Sent!</Button>)
+        }
     }
 
     return (
         <Card extraStyles={'user-card' + extraStyles}>
             <div className="avatar"></div>
-            <h3>{user.firstname} {user.lastname.substring(0,1)}.</h3>
-            <h4>@{user.handle}</h4>
-            <Button disabledText={"Request Sent"} onClick={handleClick}>Add Me</Button>
+            <h3><a href={`/profile?id=${targetUser.id}`}>{targetUser.firstname} {targetUser.lastname.substring(0,1)}.</a></h3>
+            <h4>@{targetUser.handle}</h4>
+            { buttonVariant }
         </Card>
     )
 }
diff --git a/client/src/util/API.ts b/client/src/util/API.ts
index f46ce05..aa27e02 100644
--- a/client/src/util/API.ts
+++ b/client/src/util/API.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,19 @@ module API {
             }
         }
 
+        async getTargetUserFriendships(id: string | number) {
+            try {
+                const response = await this.instance.get(this.endpoint + `?targetUser=${id}`, this.headers);
+                return Promise.resolve(response.data);
+            } catch (e) {
+                const error = e as AxiosError;
+                if (error.response?.status == 404) {
+                    console.log('no friends found');
+                    return [];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         async getPendingFriendRequests() {
             const response = await this.instance.get(this.endpoint + "?pending=true", this.headers);
             return Promise.resolve(response.data);
diff --git a/client/src/util/types.ts b/client/src/util/types.ts
index ff5ffea..14c122f 100644
--- a/client/src/util/types.ts
+++ b/client/src/util/types.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export interface ProtectParams extends PortalBase {
 }
 
 interface UserCardProps extends PortalBase {
-    user: IUser
+    targetUser: IUser
     canAdd?: boolean
     liftData?: (data: any) => void
 }
diff --git a/server/routes/friend.ts b/server/routes/friend.ts
index 08561b9..c353fb8 100644
--- a/server/routes/friend.ts
+++ b/server/routes/friend.ts
@@ -24,15 +24,20 @@ export const friendRouter = (app: Express) => {
     // get all friendships for a user
     router.get('/', async (req, res, next) => {
         const user = req.user as IUser;
-        const { pending } = req.query;
+        const { pending, targetUser } = req.query;
 
         try {
             if (pending) {
                 const { code, data } = await UserInstance.getPendingFriendRequests(user.id as number);
                 res.status(code).send(data);
             } else {
-                const { code, data } = await UserInstance.getFriends(user.id as number);
-                res.status(code).send(data);
+                if (targetUser) {
+                    const { code, data } = await UserInstance.getFriends(parseInt(targetUser as string));
+                    res.status(code).send(data);
+                } else {
+                    const { code, data } = await UserInstance.getFriends(user.id as number);
+                    res.status(code).send(data);
+                }
             }
         } catch(e) {
             next(e);