Ice cream socials and the rebirth of bipartisanship?

Heard an encouraging story on NPR about an "ice cream social" held yesterday in D.C. and sponsored by a Republican representative. It was attended by those from both sides of the aisle and was revealing for what is lacking in civility in D.C. these days. Comments on the loss of civility in Congress arising from the fact that representatives no longer spend social time together in Washington, opting instead to go home to their districts on the weekends. Members used to play golf together and otherwise spend time not in battle realizing that we have much more in common than we let ourselves believe. I don't foresee the end of partisanship, especially not until some people are willing to open their eyes to the reality that we have many different points of view and we need to accommodate each other somehow, or we are all doomed.