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Talk of the Bay: Lou Pearlman has a case of the munchies in jail

Life in the Orange County Jail may be a bit boring for onetime music mogul Lou Pearlman, but we can say for sure he's not going hungry.

By Times Staff
Published January 20, 2008

Pearlman has a case of the munchies in jail

Life in the Orange County Jail may be a bit boring for onetime music mogul Lou Pearlman, but we can say for sure he's not going hungry. In addition to his regular meals, Pearlman has been loading up on "chocolate thunder doughnuts," peanut M&Ms and other sugary treats from the commissary. While awaiting trial on federal bank fraud charges, Pearlman has spent more than $2,000 at the commissary since July. In addition to snacks, he has bought personal care items, T-shirts and underwear. The money was provided by his friends Tammie Hilton and Dave Hedrick, who are his most frequent visitors.

Here are some of the edible items from Pearlman's shopping lists:

Swiss rolls

peanut butter wafers

cinnamon rolls

Chex mix

creamy peanut butter

blueberry doughnuts

potato chips

Oreo cookies

sugar-free vanilla wafers

Butterfinger candy bars

Almond Joy candy bars

Fig Newton cookies

butterscotch buttons

banana marshmallow pie

Three Musketeers bars

Reese's peanut butter cups

Cheese Nips

chocolate chip cookies

fruit cocktail

root beer barrels

barbecue corn chips

Tums

His attempts to order something called "sharp cheddar cheese squeeze" were rejected as "unauthorized."

Saladworks on the local menu soon

Another franchise touting green leafy stuff that's good for you is coming to the Tampa Bay area. Saladworks, founded in New Jersey in 1986, has branched into Jacksonville and Miami, but hopes to blanket the state with 30 more stores in the next four years. Local franchisee Ken Gordon plans a Tampa store "very soon" that will sell the chain's signature made-to-order tossed salads, and specialty soups and sandwiches. Saladworks has 87 stores in the Northeast, its main base of operations.

Another top 10, but not one to cheer

We've made the top 10, but it's no reason to celebrate. Mortgage insurance company PMI rates Tampa-St. Petersburg the ninth-riskiest market for home-price declines in the United States. Fellow housing hangover sufferers such as Phoenix, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Orlando came off worse. Miami had the 13th-worst market. Jacksonville's was 16th. To reach its conclusions, PMI keeps tabs on home prices, employment trends, housing supply and affordability and foreclosure rates. PMI said it foresees no improvement in home prices in 2008.

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