Where bipartisan networking is nude and sweaty
(NEWSER) - The hottest secret society in Washington is the Diplomatic Finnish Sauna Society, a group of DC operatives who gather to sweat in the 190-degree heat of the traditional Finnish sauna at said country's Embassy. For the society's 150 sauna-goers—Capitol Hill staffers, lobbyists, White House officials, and journalists—sauna networking is "a great 'I scratch your back, you scratch mine' sort of thing," said Kari Mokko, the Finnish Embassy staffer who founded the tradition. More»