Sanctuary Spa at Camelback Mountain, Arizona, employs lime as the cornerstone of its Sabai Thai Ritual: A client's feet are soaked in lime and oil, exfoliated with a mixture of fine white clay and lime, and then massaged with an herbal poultice and lime-infused oils and lotions.
At Piedmont High School in the Oakland Hills, there are 14 students in this first-year Mandarin class, a mixture of Asian, white, African-American and Indian.