by Rachel Brodsky

We, the chosen ones, remember bar & bat mitzvah season clearly. There would be this six-month period where fat, shiny envelopes arrived in your mailbox by the pound, inviting you to share in the newfound adulthood of someone who probably ignored you in Hebrew School. So, you'd sack up, buy them a neon bubble chair, don your most impressive mini-skirt and dance all afternoon with the hired backup dancers while "Cotton Eyed Joe" blared in the background.

That said, we bet those of you who experienced the awkwardness of bar/bat mitzvah season in your adolescence would appreciate local SF queen Lil Miss Hot Mess' outrageously good-natured (not to mention much boozier) bat mitzvah celebration this weekend. Lil Miss Hot Mess is not only one of SF's most adored queens, but she's inviting all of her friends (Anna Conda, Glamamore, Monistat and Vivvyanne ForeverMORE) to join in her waltz into womanhood. All bat mitzvah proceeds will go to the US Social Forum.

What: Lil Miss Hot Mess' Bat Mitzvah
Where: The Blue Macaw (2565 Mission)
When: Saturday, February 6 (10pm)
How Much: $5