Richmond Weddings Best Proposal Story Contest is in full swing and one of our Mankin couples is in the running!

Sara and David have a wonderful story including a beautiful vacation spot and a great photo op of the proposal! They need your help to win!

Please visit RichmondWeddings.com and read their proposal story here and cast your vote in this survey. Don’t put it off because voting will be over before you know it on October 1.

Good luck Sara and David! We can’t wait to share your wedding day with you!

See you soon,

~Paula & Martin Ramirez

Paula and Martin Ramirez are the proprietors of Historic Mankin Mansion, a wedding resort and bed and breakfast just minutes from Downtown Richmond. They enjoy new restaurant finds, Virginia wines and discovering fun events and activities throughout the area for their guests.

We love when a couple is just so full of love and wants to make us a part of their special day. As soon as we met Jennifer and Daniel we could just tell this was going to be a fun filled wedding.

We adore how they decided to take the less traditional route with their abundance of cupcakes placed on beautiful pedestals. And we have no doubt you’ll love their cake topper as much as we did!

Thank you to Jennifer and Daniel for letting us share in their special day. And a huge thank you to Nick Kessler Photography as well for allowing us to use these wonderful photos.

See you soon,

~Paula & Martin Ramirez

Paula and Martin Ramirez are the proprietors of Historic Mankin Mansion, a wedding resort and bed and breakfast just minutes from Downtown Richmond. They enjoy new restaurant finds, Virginia wines and discovering fun events and activities throughout the area for their guests.

Sarah and Chris just recently got married at the Mansion and we could not wait to share their photos with you all! This wedding had all of the special details from touches of pink, pretty pedestaled cupcakes and sparklers. Not to mention the couple was just fantastic to work with and the love between them just radiated throughout their wedding day.

We want to thank Laura Gordon Photography for capturing and sharing all of these lovely images.

See you soon,

~Paula & Martin Ramirez

Paula and Martin Ramirez are the proprietors of Historic Mankin Mansion, a wedding resort and bed and breakfast just minutes from Downtown Richmond. They enjoy new restaurant finds, Virginia wines and discovering fun events and activities throughout the area for their guests.

We shared our excitement over the Mansion being featured in both The Bride’s Café and Reverie Magazine just the other day in the blog. Now we would like to share a few of our favorite images courtesy of Anne Robert Photography.

~Paula & Martin Ramirez

Paula and Martin Ramirez are the proprietors of Historic Mankin Mansion, a wedding resort and bed and breakfast just minutes from Downtown Richmond. They enjoy new restaurant finds, Virginia wines and discovering fun events and activities throughout the area for their guests.

We have created the perfect opportunity for those with their heart set on the Mansion for their Big Day, but who may not have had the opportunity to book on the Saturday of their choosing.

We are very excited to offer Sunday and Friday Celebrations! Our Mansion Brides will enjoy all of the Mansion perks & amenities, including the assistance of our amazing wedding planning team!

  Call us today at 804-737-7773 to schedule a Private Tour

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Paula and Martin Ramirez are the proprietors of Historic Mankin Mansion, a wedding resort and bed and breakfast just minutes from Downtown Richmond. They enjoy new restaurant finds, Virginia wines and discovering fun events and activities throughout the area for their guests.

Photo Credit: Mike Miriello Photography

Today, we’re pleased to announce that we have been selected as a 2012 ­­winner in The Knot Best of Weddings, a special section in The Knot Virginia/Maryland/CDC magazine and on TheKnot.com.

The Knot Best of Weddings 2012 provides a “by brides, for brides” guide to the top wedding professionals across the country, and is a must-have when it comes to selecting the best-of-the-best wedding resources. From New York florists and Seattle bridal salons to DC makeup artists, engaged couples will find detailed feedback on local wedding businesses reviewed by thousands of newlyweds who had great things to say.

Thanks to all of our wonderful brides and grooms, for entrusting us with one of the most important days of their lives.

Today, we wanted to take a moment to share good tidings with our friends and colleagues.  2011 has been an amazing year filled with great B&B guests and fabulous weddings, and we just can’t wait to see what the new year has in store for us. Wishing you and yours a holiday filled with peace and wonderment.

Happy Holidays,
~Paula and Martin Ramirez

Paula and Martin Ramirez are the proprietors of Historic Mankin Mansion, a wedding resort and bed and breakfast just minutes from Downtown Richmond. They enjoy new restaurant finds, Virginia wines and discovering fun events and activities throughout the area for their guests.

The always lovely Maymont is decked out for the Holiday Season and is inviting everyone to enjoy in the festivities.

The Victorian Holidays program has a wide variety of activities that incorporate the elegance of the 1900’s with gorgeous décor and events. The Mansion Holiday Tours are on Tuesdays- Sundays until January 6 for $5 a person. With the mansion decked to the nines with opulent decorations that will make you will just gawk over and fun and games for the children to play it’s a happy holiday for everyone in the family. The Deck The Halls Workshop is a new addition this year that will take place Saturday, December 3, at 9am and 12pm for $40 a person. You will learn special techniques to making wreaths, mantle adornment and door décor for you to take and deck your halls.

An Old-Fashioned Christmas will take place Sunday, December 4, at 12pm on the beautiful Carriage House Lawn for a bona fide Victorian party. Ladies and gents will be dressed the part greeting the guests to the party. Gifts and games of 1893 are available for purchase Belowstairs. Festive music will float through the air along with the scent of delicious food and drink. With a roaring fire and carriage rides, it couldn’t be more picture perfect. Santa Clause will make a stop by the mansion at 2pm in the afternoon to share in the jolly spirit. We hope you and yours are having a wonderful holiday season, and that you partake in the Maymont merriment.

For More Information: http://www.maymont.org/Page.aspx?pid=324

See you soon,
~Paula and Martin Ramirez

Paula and Martin Ramirez are the proprietors of Historic Mankin Mansion, a wedding resort and bed and breakfast just minutes from Downtown Richmond. They enjoy new restaurant finds, Virginia wines and discovering fun events and activities throughout the area for their guests.

Photo Credit: http://thriftyrichmond.blogspot.com

It’s easy to sometimes forget to stop and take a quiet moment in the midst of work and errands along with holiday shopping and general to do’s that tend to pop up this time of year. But today, we’d like to do just that and express our gratitude to our friends, family, colleagues and clients, for being a part of another wonderful year. We are grateful for each and every one of you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

See you soon,
~Paula and Martin Ramirez

Paula and Martin Ramirez are the proprietors of Historic Mankin Mansion, a wedding resort and bed and breakfast just minutes from Downtown Richmond. They enjoy new restaurant finds, Virginia wines and discovering fun events and activities throughout the area for their guests.

The wedding season has been busy here at Historic Mankin Mansion and we’re taking a break for a moment to share some exciting news!

You may have already scooped us, but this past month, one of our lovely weddings (shot by the fantastic Don Mears Photography) was featured in the latest Richmond Bride Magazine!

You may remember the Stoneman/ONeale wedding from our Best of 2010 series this past January, and this fun post by Don Mears Photography.

This week, we were positively thrilled to find out that another Mansion/Don Mears effort was highlighted once again, with the unveiling of the cover for the latest Richmond Weddings Magazine!

The cover, shot by Don Mears Photography, is just one of the lovely images featured in the Magazine from Lindsay and Matthew’s wedding last year.

Ready to get your hands on the latest issue of Richmond Weddings Magazine? Then join us this Sunday at the Richmond Wedding Expo, at the Hilton Short Pump, starting at 12pm!

See you soon,
Paula & Martin Ramirez

Paula and Martin Ramirez are the proprietors of Historic Mankin Mansion, a wedding resort and bed and breakfast just minutes from Downtown Richmond. They enjoy new restaurant finds, Virginia wines and discovering fun events and activities throughout the area for their guests.