Sister Bla Bla at The Georgian Terrace

While going through some photographs I came across the above picture of the Georgian Terrace that I took several years ago.  The Georgian Terrace is in Atlanta across from the Fox Theater on Peachtree Street at the corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue.

When I think of the Georgian Terrace I think of Sister Bla Bla.  I am using "Bla Bla" for her name because I don't remember it.  But I do remember the prefix of Sister.

Sister Bla Bla had a radio show on a local radio Atlanta Radio station in the wee hours on Saturday mornings.  Wee hours is about 2am to 4am.

I worked in Atlanta for the Postal Service at the  Federal Annex on Forsyth Street in the time keeper's office through the night and had the experience of listening to Sister Bla Bla on Saturday Mornings.  The good Reverend Sister had a lot to talk about.   She talked about God and talked about Jesus, on how you should have faith in God and Jesus and you should listen to what the divine duo  are trying to tell you.   Listen to them and you will never go hungry for food or anything else, you will get everything  you want and then some.   You will be wealthy!  All you had to do is listen to the Holy message in the Good Book!

It  was almost the same sermon every Saturday morning.    You had to focus your hearing in to hear exactly how to go about letting God and/or Jesus hand you the wealth you have been promised.

As you know, God works in mysterious ways.  All  you had to do was go down to the Georgian Terrace to a room number on the second or third floor and have an audience with Sister Bla Bla.  Of course, to pay for expenses, room rent, etc, you would be expected to give a donation before you could see the Sister in person. 

When you gave offering and had your audience with Sister Bla Bla she would give you  a valuable piece of information to acquire your deserved fortune.  She would hand you a piece of paper with a certain Bible scripture or  verse for you to look up.  Here - you have to read between the lines to get what is being told to you.  You read that Bible verse you were given, and take the number  in that verse and play it in the local illegal* NUMBERS game, a.k.a THE BUG.  Those are winning numbers!

I criticized the scam from the beginning  but two of my co- Postal Employees went and gave the Sister their hard-earned money and got the Bible information and played it, and of course lost it.  There is one born ever minute.

*that was before the Georgia State Lottery,    the underground organized crime controlled the Numbers racket.