Los Angeles Love! MoonShadows owner JD Slajchert Sat down with one to share how California’s community is gathered to support his family’s restaurant in Malibu, California after losing it to the fire in January 2025.
The eatery, visited by Britney SpearsAt LEANN RIMESAt Lupita Nyong’oAt Kim KardashianAnd more, was a place for famous faces and beyond.
“What made Moonshadows so unique was that at a table you could have some of the most notable celebrities on the A list, and at the table next to them there could be a normal family to celebrate a birthday. It was an authentic melting pot. I think it was something that both celebrities and ordinary patrons,” he explained.
And the radiating love and support that the former division of the athlete has received since is a testimony of just that.
“Thousands of people from all over the world have reached out and often share their favorite photos and memories of the restaurant. It has been so touching and incredibly useful to my family, and I navigate in this difficult situation to be able to feel concrete to feel that the reminder of how effective Moonshadows were,” he continued.
In addition to receiving heartfelt messages, the novelist started a goofundme for the restaurant staff who traveled over $ 100,000, and they have been able to serve some of their most popular dishes in their sister place, Sunset.
“My hope is that we will continue to keep us together and remain resistant
While the screenwriter has been exposed to his own difficulties recently, it has not prevented him from helping others, including those suffering from sickle cell diseases after losing his friend and UCSB basketball fan, Luc Bodden, to health.
“I think that’s the most important thing we do.
In 2017, Slajchert even launched Lucstrong FoundationA non-profit organization that supports the family and the children diagnosed with blood disorder and in 2018 he wrote MoonflowerA best -selling novel about their ties, both of which constantly inspire him.
“Luc was legendary and I know he could take on any challenge that was thrown, but it is these days that I feel his legendary strength more and more, and because he is no longer here with us, I feel a great responsibility to lead his message to a society that is significantly needed his inspiration right now,” he said in front of what would have been the bodens 19th birthday on May 12.
“Stand high, love each other, and remember that you are not alone and that we will get through this. Brighter days are in front of I promise,” he added.
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