makes we love washington, d.c. this year the district showed a way to make me very happy. they declared the ricky to be the native cocktail in washington, d.c. july is ricky month. it s the easiest and cheapest and most accessible cocktails invented. it was invented in washington, d.c. in the 1880s. it s now the downtown site of the d.c. downtown motel. this week star d.c. bartender derek brown, as well as the drinking luminaira of washington, they celebrated the ricky. you can totally make this. this takes no skill.