This is what the mother of a toddler looks like. Lovely Monet Mazur came out to spin the likes of Ciara, Mandy Moore, Molly Sims, Rachel Bilson and many other starlet pals of Elle into a frenzy a few weeks back at Nobu in WeHo. Elle fashion director Joe Zee was there, too; it's been a kick seeing so much of my former colleague at Fairchild Pub, both onscreen and here in L.A. where he seems to be more often than not shooting all those tangy spreads for the magazine. The evening was part promo for trendy chain Express, part awareness campaign for R.A.D.D. (Recording Artists, Actors and Athletes Against Drunk Driving), a nonprofit promoting road safety in the entertainment industry. Have to believe they did, indeed, turn out that night with drivers since there was such a parade of oversized gas guzzlers clogging up the valet. That would allow them to be able to text while rolling, too, which is good since that was the the angle that night: Don't text and drive. Amen.
We'd ventured out that night as part of the host committee in the dining room that counted Jen Gross, Bryan Rabin, Mike Messex and our other halves (Bryan brought the foxy T.C. Conroy along). There were some flavorful moments. But Andy and I thought the dishes were a bit more enjoyable at the Nobu in NY's SoHo...and even then not as well executed or imaginative as the sushi served up at our the relatively less known haunts we visit weekly.
