diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Controllers/BlogPostController.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Controllers/BlogPostController.cs
index 004ee86a5..2d695bb28 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Controllers/BlogPostController.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Controllers/BlogPostController.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs.Controllers {
             if (post == null)
                 return new NotFoundResult();
 
-            return View(post);
+            return View(new BlogPostViewModel {Blog = blog, Post = post});
         }
 
         public ActionResult Create(string blogSlug)
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPost.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPost.cs
index 6e73c7812..fae442b68 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPost.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPost.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 using System;
+using Orchard.Core.Common.Models;
 using Orchard.Models;
+using Orchard.Security;
 
 namespace Orchard.Blogs.Models {
     public class BlogPost : ContentPart<BlogPostRecord> {
-        public Blog Blog { get; set; }
+        //public Blog Blog { get; set; }
+        public string Title { get { return this.As<RoutableAspect>().Title; } }
+        public string Body { get { return this.As<BodyAspect>().Body; } }
+        public string Slug { get { return this.As<RoutableAspect>().Slug; } }
+        public IUser Creator { get { return this.As<CommonAspect>().OwnerField.Value; } }
         public DateTime? Published { get { return Record.Published; } }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPostProvider.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPostProvider.cs
index 1a25a5349..78ac30119 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPostProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPostProvider.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs.Models {
             Filters.Add(new ActivatingFilter<RoutableAspect>("blogpost"));
             Filters.Add(new ActivatingFilter<BodyAspect>("blogpost"));
             Filters.Add(new StorageFilter<BlogPostRecord>(repository));
-            AddOnLoaded<BlogPost>((context, bp) => bp.Blog = contentManager.Get<Blog>(context.ContentItem.Id));
+            //AddOnLoaded<BlogPost>((context, bp) => bp.Blog = contentManager.Get<Blog>(context.ContentItem.Id));
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
index 0a824eb83..bca24f89a 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Services\IBlogService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\BlogsViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\BlogViewModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ViewModels\BlogPostViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\CreateBlogPostViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\CreateBlogViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\BlogEditViewModel.cs" />
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="Package.txt" />
     <Content Include="Views\BlogPost\Create.aspx" />
+    <Content Include="Views\BlogPost\Item.aspx" />
     <Content Include="Views\Blog\Create.aspx" />
     <Content Include="Views\BlogPost\ListByBlog.aspx" />
     <Content Include="Views\Blog\Edit.aspx" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Routes.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Routes.cs
index 48a96108e..6f1466d76 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Routes.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Routes.cs
@@ -97,6 +97,22 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs {
                                                                                   },
                                                          new MvcRouteHandler())
                                                  },
+                             new RouteDescriptor {
+                                                     Route = new Route(
+                                                         "{blogSlug}/{postSlug}",
+                                                         new RouteValueDictionary {
+                                                                                      {"area", "Orchard.Blogs"},
+                                                                                      {"controller", "BlogPost"},
+                                                                                      {"action", "Item"}
+                                                                                  },
+                                                         new RouteValueDictionary {
+                                                                                      {"blogSlug", new IsBlogConstraint(_blogService)}
+                                                                                  },
+                                                         new RouteValueDictionary {
+                                                                                      {"area", "Orchard.Blogs"}
+                                                                                  },
+                                                         new MvcRouteHandler())
+                                                 },
                              new RouteDescriptor {
                                                      Route = new Route(
                                                          "{blogSlug}",
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Services/BlogPostService.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Services/BlogPostService.cs
index 55c039dd5..864e5b77c 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Services/BlogPostService.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Services/BlogPostService.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs.Services {
                 _routableRepository.Get(r => r.ContentItem.ContentType.Name == "blogpost" && r.Slug == slug);
             BlogPost blogPost = record != null ? _contentManager.Get<BlogPost>(record.Id) : null;
 
-            return blogPost != null && blogPost.Blog.ContentItem.Id == blog.ContentItem.Id ? blogPost : null;
+            return blogPost != null && blogPost.Record.Blog.Id == blog.ContentItem.Id ? blogPost : null;
         }
 
         public IEnumerable<BlogPost> Get(Blog blog) {
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs.Services {
                 _routableRepository.Fetch(rr => rr.ContentItem.ContentType.Name == "blogpost"
                     /*, bpr => bpr.Asc(bpr2 => bpr2.Published.GetValueOrDefault(new DateTime(2099, 1, 1)))*/);
 
-            //TODO: (erikpo) Need to filter by blog in the line above instead of manually here
+            //TODO: (erikpo) Need to filter by blog in the line above instead of filtering here
             return
                 records.Select(r => _contentManager.Get(r.Id).As<BlogPost>()).Where(
-                    bp => bp.Blog.ContentItem.Id == blog.ContentItem.Id);
+                    bp => bp.Record.Blog.Id == blog.ContentItem.Id);
         }
 
         public BlogPost Create(CreateBlogPostParams parameters) {
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/ViewModels/BlogPostViewModel.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/ViewModels/BlogPostViewModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddae28580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/ViewModels/BlogPostViewModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using Orchard.Blogs.Models;
+using Orchard.Mvc.ViewModels;
+
+namespace Orchard.Blogs.ViewModels {
+    public class BlogPostViewModel : BaseViewModel {
+        public Blog Blog { get; set; }
+        public BlogPost Post { get; set; }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Blog/Item.aspx b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Blog/Item.aspx
index 0ea3045ec..b7553c9d1 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Blog/Item.aspx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Blog/Item.aspx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         if (Model.Posts.Count() > 0) { %>
         <ul><%
             foreach (BlogPost post in Model.Posts) { %>
-            <li><a href="<%=Url.BlogPost(post.Blog.Slug, post.As<RoutableAspect>().Slug) %>"><%=Html.Encode(post.As<RoutableAspect>().Title) %></a></li><%
+            <li><a href="<%=Url.BlogPost(Model.Blog.Slug, post.As<RoutableAspect>().Slug) %>"><%=Html.Encode(post.As<RoutableAspect>().Title) %></a></li><%
             } %>
         </ul><%
         } %>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogPost/Item.aspx b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogPost/Item.aspx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..549fcce82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogPost/Item.aspx
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<%@ Page Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<BlogPostViewModel>" %>
+<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Core.Common.Models"%>
+<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Models"%>
+<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.Extensions"%>
+<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.ViewModels"%>
+<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.Models"%>
+<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Mvc.Html"%>
+<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Mvc.ViewModels"%>
+<% Html.Include("Header"); %>
+    <div class="yui-g">
+        <h2><%=Html.Encode(Model.Post.Title) %></h2>
+        <div>Posted by <%=Html.Encode(Model.Post.Creator.UserName) %> on {M d yyyy h:mm tt}</div>
+        <%=Model.Post.Body %>
+    </div>
+<% Html.Include("Footer"); %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogPost/ListByBlog.aspx b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogPost/ListByBlog.aspx
index f6700b9cd..f6729d7db 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogPost/ListByBlog.aspx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogPost/ListByBlog.aspx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<%@ Page Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<IEnumerable<BlogPost>>" %>
+<%@ Page Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<BlogViewModel>" %>
+<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.ViewModels"%>
 <%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Core.Common.Models"%>
 <%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Models"%>
 <%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.Extensions"%>
@@ -9,10 +10,10 @@
     <div class="yui-g">
         <h2>Posts</h2><%
         //TODO: (erikpo) Replace this with an Html extension method of some sort (ListForModel?)
-        if (Model.Count() > 0) { %>
+        if (Model.Posts.Count() > 0) { %>
         <ul><%
-            foreach (BlogPost post in Model) { %>
-            <li><a href="<%=Url.BlogPost(post.Blog.Slug, post.As<RoutableAspect>().Slug) %>"><%=Html.Encode(post.As<RoutableAspect>().Title) %></a></li><%
+            foreach (BlogPost post in Model.Posts) { %>
+            <li><a href="<%=Url.BlogPost(Model.Blog.Slug, post.As<RoutableAspect>().Slug) %>"><%=Html.Encode(post.As<RoutableAspect>().Title) %></a></li><%
             } %>
         </ul><%
         } %>