Witness our themed booths at industry events that have pretty much become the first stop for lots of people because our swag is so enticing and creative. Case in point: our booth at GAR’s Annual Conference & Expo just a month ago featured the theme Come Aboard with Cook & James and people flocked to pick up items like our stemless, plastic wine glasses and portable fans, perfect for just about any boating activity.  

Coming up in the middle of October, we’ll be at it again, defending our two-year running title as “Best Booth” winner at the Atlanta REALTORS® 2021 Annual Chili Cookoff, benefiting the REALTORS® Political Advocacy Fund. We’ll be in full force to make it a three-peat of the coveted Best Booth award – in 2019, the most recent chili cookoff (thanks COVID), we won with a spooky, Halloween theme of The Closing Dead and spoofed on The Walking Dead with hatchets coming from our heads and blood spackled clothes. The previous year, 2018, we scooped up the title with a theme of Pink Ladies, and dressed up like Grease characters. We gave out ring pops, Fun Dip, and Little Debbie snacks from their perch atop cake stands made of old singles and LPs. Our miniature jukebox played 1950s songs, bobby socks were plentiful, and there may or may not have been a little jitterbugging going on.  

We’re still slightly miffed that we didn’t win “Best Booth” at our first cookoff appearance in 2017. We honestly thought our Rosie’s Cozy Chili theme, a nod to the WWII Rosie the Riveter campaign, was pretty wonderful with our flexed biceps and hair up in red bandanas and all. Because we’re still a little salty, watch out Chili Cookoff 2021: we’re coming on October 14 gunning for that top booth award again for a Cook & James three-peat!

You’ll see us out and about with our real estate pals in other spots early in the month when we sponsor the 400 North Membership Breakfast and the attend the GAHBA membership appreciation event. Later in October, we’re super excited to get gussied up for the GAHBA OBIE Awards Gala, participate in smart conversation at the Atlanta Communities Coffee Chat, and attend another event for the GAHBA, the North Fulton Chapter evening social.

Sprinkled throughout the month we’ll present ongoing professional development opportunities for our friends in the industry, including a virtual CE class on Ethics in Real Estate in conjunction with CAOR on October 19. Our own Bryce Linden will be instructing and, if you’re a CAOR member, please contact info@CookandJames.com to register.  

Of course, in the middle of all these planned outings, we’ll also be running around with our superhero capes on doing good where we can in our community. We’ll continue our monthly Act of Kindness initiative in which we have supported worthy causes like cancer, heart-health, foster care, homelessness, pets and more. We are fully committed to supporting our neighbors in need and we intend to provide school supplies for kids, contribute to Thanksgiving dinners and gather more items for angel giving trees at the holidays.  

We’ll monitor for ways we can help in our community and spread kindness in other ways this October. We welcome your suggestions so just call or email the office anytime with your ideas using info@CookandJames.com or 404-704-0440. Stay in touch. Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay kind.

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