After Hours at Tartine Bakery

Where: Tartine Bakery, 600 Guerrero (at 18th St.) 487-2600

When: Tues., Mar. 22, 8 p.m.

Cost: $35

The rundown: Think back to high school. If you're anything like SFoodie, the hippest people with the swankest soirees were always a bit out of reach. Wouldn't everything have been easier if your social life had been determined by lottery? At the upcoming Tartine Bakery Afterhours, Times-certified cool kid Samin Nosrat of Pop-Up General Store fame teams up with the Tartine posse for a chic dinner party you might actually get invited to. For this three-course family-style meal in the bakery's cozy confines, invitees will be picked randomly out of a hat. And if you're one of the chosen, it won't matter whether you're a nerdster or a fashionista (as long as you have $35 and an appetite). This is what democracy looks like.

For your chance to attend, send an e-mail to tartine.afterhours@gmail.com with your name, contact information, and number of people in your party. You'll hear back if you're chosen.