Your typography is horrid. Bold text is nice, but not in the sense you're using. Your About text should be something smaller, off to the left so that you can fill it with content. Your recent, and contact info boxes don't match the theme of the site. Your drop shadows are too harsh, try using Outer Glows, Black, Multiply, high size, and low opacity for a nice effect. Same thing about your navigation font, far too large.