Laurie Rosenthal Wins $3,000 in Red Ticket Raffle

Laurie Rosenthal was skiing in Aspen, Colorado, when a friend called and told her that she had won $3,000 in the Chamber of Commerce Red Ticket Raffle drawing on December 24. The inaugural contest, sponsored by 27 participating businesses in Pacific Palisades, awarded shoppers one red ticket for every $25 they spent.   ’I told my friend that there were two Laurie Rosenthals in the Palisades, so I wasn’t sure I was the one who won,’ Rosenthal said. Because of the holidays, she couldn’t confirm her jackpot until New Year’s Eve.   ’I was just thrilled,’ Rosenthal told the Palisadian-Post on Tuesday, adding. ‘I rarely go out of the community to do anything.’   The ticket came from items that she had purchased at BOCA Man, where she buys clothes for her husband Mark, her business partner Ron Cohen and her brother, Patrick. ‘She bought me some sweaters and shirts for Christmas and my birthday,’ said Mark, whose birthday is December 20.   In addition to shopping for the men in her life, Rosenthal also shops for her son, Matthew, at Palisades Playthings and Village Books. For her own clothing needs, she frequents BOCA, Elyse Walker, HappyLA and Tabitha, which has expanded beyond maternity clothes to women’s fashions. ‘She has some really cute things,’ said Rosenthal, who is also a frequent customer at Black Ink.   When asked about stores she would like to see in the Palisades, she mentioned a Lemonade Cafe (found on Abbot Kinney and three other locations), which is described as a part lemonade stand, part grade-school cafeteria, and possibly a Trader Joe’s.   ’I have to tell you, I don’t venture out of the Palisades,’ said Rosenthal, who is co-owner of Gorilla Travel Agency, which specializes in entertainment travel,   Rosenthal, who grew up in San Bernardino and attended UCLA, thought a few moments and then added, ‘Maybe a Calvin Klein store and a place to get more Altoids [breath mints and sour candies].’ Laughing, she added that she also goes to doctors in the Palisades. ‘I’m easy. I find everything I need here.’ ‘SUE PASCOE features@palipost.com