i think i've got foundation working. maybe.

Gemfile

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ group :assets do
   gem 'therubyracer', :platforms => :ruby
 
   gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3'
+
+  gem 'compass-rails', '~> 1.0.3'
+  gem 'zurb-foundation', '~> 3.0.9'
 end
 
 gem 'jquery-rails'
@@ -59,5 +62,3 @@ gem 'cape'
 
 # compile sass to css
 gem 'compass'
-# zurb foundation, to make it all look pretty
-gem "zurb-foundation", :group => :assets

Gemfile.lock

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ GEM
       chunky_png (~> 1.2)
       fssm (>= 0.2.7)
       sass (~> 3.1)
+    compass-rails (1.0.3)
+      compass (>= 0.12.2, < 0.14)
     daemon_controller (1.0.0)
     devise (2.1.2)
       bcrypt-ruby (~> 3.0)
@@ -183,6 +185,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   capistrano
   coffee-rails (~> 3.2.1)
   compass
+  compass-rails (~> 1.0.3)
   devise
   haml
   jquery-rails
@@ -196,4 +199,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   therubyracer
   uglifier (>= 1.0.3)
   webrat
-  zurb-foundation
+  zurb-foundation (~> 3.0.9)

app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss

@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
  *
  *= require_self
  *= require foundation_and_overrides
- *= require foundation
  *= require_tree .
  */
+

app/assets/stylesheets/ie.css.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/* Welcome to Compass. Use this file to write IE specific override styles.
+ * Import this file using the following HTML or equivalent:
+ * <!--[if IE]>
+ *   <link href="/stylesheets/ie.css" media="screen, projection" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
+ * <![endif]--> */

app/assets/stylesheets/print.css.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/* Welcome to Compass. Use this file to define print styles.
+ * Import this file using the following HTML or equivalent:
+ * <link href="/stylesheets/print.css" media="print" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> */

app/assets/stylesheets/screen.css.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* Welcome to Compass.
+ * In this file you should write your main styles. (or centralize your imports)
+ * Import this file using the following HTML or equivalent:
+ * <link href="/stylesheets/screen.css" media="screen, projection" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> */
+
+@import "compass/reset";

config/compass.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Require any additional compass plugins here.
+project_type = :rails