San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club year-round as well as various educational activities such as Learn-to-Curl sessions. In September 2017 the SFBACC announced they had signed a lease agreement for a building in Oakland with the intention of building California's only dedicated curling center. The facility will have five curling sheets and is expected to open in the fall of 2018. The SFBACC has hosted the Golden Gate Bonspiel annually each spring during Memorial Day weekend since 2008. The tournament is held at Solar4America Ice at Fremont. The club teaches Learn-to-Curl events throughout the year to expose new people to the sport. During the Winter Olympic
A Week in Winter novel a few weeks before her death in July 2012. Her editor, Carole Baron, did the "final polish". The novel was published by Orion in November 2012. It set a record for the most pre-orders ever for a book on Amazon.com. A Week in Winter A Week in Winter is a novel by Maeve Binchy. It was published posthumously in 2012. The novel centers around the opening of a guest house in a fictional western Ireland coastal town called Stoneybridge. The personal stories of the proprietress of the guest house, Chicky Starr, the caretakers, and the guests are told in