Red Sox #OpeningDay was SO amazing!

Yesterday was Opening Day for the 2017 season and it got started right here at home this year at Fenway Park. I was so excited to be going to the game thanks to Kayem Foods. They held their fourth annual #FindFenwayFranks scavenger hunt around the city last Thursday.

Since I work downtown, I've been trying to win this scavenger hunt for the last few years. So, I took my lunch a little early that day, and started walking around my office neighborhood. Once 11 o'clock struck, I checked Kayem's twitter account where they were released a clue where they were located, and I knew that it was somewhat close to where I was. 

Built as a gift to the city, this marketplace is a destination for many. We'll be hanging with our man Samuel Adams.

I went as quickly as I possibly could, over to Faneuil Hall and the Sam Adams statue where I saw the Kayem Box o' Meat and I said the phrase "FindFenwayFranks" before I ran totally out of breath and sat down at a nearby table. 

They told me that I won and I was SO excited!  They even had a video camera there to catch some of the excitement. I thought it was just for their own promotional purposes. I didn't realize until later on that night when I started to get messages on my phone and through Facebook that I had been on channel 7 news.

Thanks Kayem for hosting these fun contests around the city for the past few years. After coming so close last year, I'm super excited to have won this year!

I love that they have had National Hot Dog day, ticket giveaways and general fun around their home state of Massachusetts.

Fun new TV show for the start of the Red Sox season!

Today, the Boston Red Sox released a cool new TV show on NESN, Wally's Opening Day, for the start of baseball season! We were lucky enough to be invited to the world premiere showing at the Regal Cinemas Fenway 13, steps from Fenway Park.

We arrived to a fanfare atmosphere and were greeted by our friends Paws and Sox, the mascots of the AAA-affiliate Pawtucket Red Sox! We picked up our passes and enjoyed some antics from Big League Brian, the guy who is always on stilts at every game, entertaining fans before each game on Yawkey Way. We proceeded to take a few photos of the kids with cardboard cutouts of the characters from the show which were positioned along the green (not red!) carpet. At the end of the carpet, we saw the Monsters of the hour, Wally and Tessie, who were taking pictures with their adoring fans. We had our picture taken and it was cool to see Wally in a tux.

We chatted with a few other fans, had the chance to meet one of the stars of the movie, comedian Lenny Clarke, who graciously took photos with us. We took photos with the other mascots who were there, Pat Patriot, Blades from the Bruins and even took photos with the World Series Trophies! We were treated to delicious movie-theater popcorn, Coca-cola and water.

After an introduction by Lenny Clarke, the voice of Grandpa in the show and a few opening remarks from Linda Pizzuti Henry, executive producer and wife of owner John Henry, we watched the movie. She said that she hopes it would follow an annual tradition similar to the Peanuts' holiday series. After watching it, we'll be sure to watch it for years to come. We followed the story and laughed along the way. Tessie sat with my daughter for the whole show, which she really enjoyed and it was really special.

Once it was over, we were handed a goody bag and an official movie-theater poster from the show as we left the theater.

You can watch the video on redsox.com here at http://mlb.mlb.com/bos/fan_forum/wallys-opening-day/

Now I can't wait to see the first game of the season tomorrow!

NOTE: We were invited to the movie premiere because we're Red Sox Parents. No other compensation was provided and as always, all opinions are our own.

Grateful Dead night at Fenway on 4/11!

It’ll be a long strange trip to Fenway Park as Dead heads join the lineup on Tuesday, April 11 as the Red Sox celebrate the Grateful Dead.

You can enjoy this special themed game which includes a pre-game concert on Yawkey Way by “Playing Dead,” a Grateful Dead tribute band. With your purchase of an event ticket, you will receive a limited edition Red Sox Dancing Bears figurine.

Proceeds from tickets sales will benefit the Rex Foundation, the official charity of the Dead.

A VIP ticket is also available which includes an upgraded ticket into the Coca-Cola Pavilion Reserved section for the game.

More information can be found at redsox.com/GratefulDead.

NOTE: We are providing this information to our wonderful readers because we are Red Sox Parents. No compensation was provided and all opinions are our own.

PureLYFT has new flavors and gives you energy!

The folks at PureLYFT came out with new flavors. We were sent some samples of the new flavors and they give any beverage you add them to a kick of clean caffeine and flavor.

PureLYFT is made from green coffee extract and a teeny amount of Stevia to make a powder that you can stir or pour into any beverage. It's great for people constantly on the go or parents who were up all night with the kids and just need that quick pick-me-up in place of the daily coffee in the morning.

For starters, you open the package and they used to have you peel a sticker back and stir the power into your beverage of choice. Now you can either do that or you can pop the bottom off and pour it directly in to the drink and stir that way too. I kind of messed up and spilled a bunch on my hand and licked it - I wouldn't recommend doing that!  Also, if you're mixing it into a cold beverage I would recommend putting it in warm water to dissolve it first then dumping that into the cold beverage - also something I learned on the second time trying it!!

All in all I found that this was an easy way to get a quick boost of energy.

NOTE: We were provided with the sample sticks to facilitate this review. No other compensation was provided. All opinions are our own.

Disney on Ice in Boston for February Break through Sunday 2/26

Disney on Ice: Follow Your Heart is in Boston for the rest of this week at TD Garden and we had the chance to check it out for opening night last week and it did not disappoint! It starts out with a story from Disney's Inside Out which was a new experience for us. It had classics like Snow White, Cinderella, Toy Story and Beauty and the Beast along side new movies like Finding Dory, Inside Out and Frozen. We found that it seemed like it would go from one song right to another but it was cool how Feld Entertainment would use the Inside Out theme and emotions to weave a story.

During the last school break, we saw Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream at Boston University's Agganis Arena, which had some of the same songs but a different story line. We absolutely love Disney and enjoy when the shows come to town!

If you're interested, there's still tickets and seats available for Follow Your Heart at TD Garden which runs through Sunday February 26. For more information visit disneyonice.com

Photos from Follow Your Heart at TD Garden

Photos from Dare to Dream at Agganis Arena

NOTE: We were provided with tickets to each performance. All opinions are our own and no other compensation was provided.

Comcast released some new features to the Xfinity My Account app and new Xfinity Stores

The Xinifity MyAccount app for iOS. Photo courtesy of Comcast.

This post was sponsored by Comcast. All opinions are our own.

Hey guys! Comcast released some new features to the Xfinity My Account app and there's also new Xfinity Stores popping up all over the place!

Some cool new features of the My Account app available on iOS, Android and the web are:

• Request a time for a Comcast representative to call you back.
• Monitor a technician’s arrival time for scheduled appointments.
• Restart a modem or cable box, perform a system refresh, pair a remote or troubleshoot solutions.
• Check appointment time and reschedule appointments.
• View and pay your bill or check payment status.
• Find out if there's an outage in your area and when things should get back to normal.
• Chat with a technical expert on Twitter.
• Easily view, change and share your Wi-Fi network name and password.
• Find your neighborhood XFINITY Store with hours, directions and services offered.
• Change your preferred email address for receiving communications from Comcast and your account password.
• Get notifications of scheduled maintenance that may impact performance of services up to three days in advance.
• Make a one-time payment on your XFINITY account or set up autopay.

If you want, you can still call Comcast on the phone but it's really nice to be able to use the app. I found with a recent service call to my house, the app would give me updates about when the technician was near my house then when he arrived and completed the job too.

You can use the app to request that Comcast call you back, a nice time saving feature!

Comcast is investing in their technology! They double the network capacity every 18-24 months to meet the needs of customers. They have have technology that lets them know where weaknesses exist within the network and are able to fix them before we they exist or service is impacted.

Comcast has been renovating their stores throughout Massachusetts to ensure a better customer experience and to get folks in the door and reached within 10 minutes. I don't know too many stores that have that prompt turn around time.

NOTE: We were provided with compensation for this post. All opinions are our own.

Sorry I've been out of touch. You can thank Pneumonia.

Sorry I've been out of touch. You can thank Pneumonia for that one. For the past few weeks I haven't been feeling myself and have been sick with some type of cold/virus since the last few days of 2016. Since around the beginning of February, I ended up in urgent care with pneumonia. They took great care of me and after some antibiotics and rest, I got rid of the infection. Thankfully. I don't wish that on anyone! I have a few things in the pipeline for the blog so stay tuned folks...