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Already Gordon Feehan, alias Frank Gordon, can see a few small signs of bus column's influence in his adopted city. "In five or six of the best places, you can get something very close to the pristine martini by asking for a 'Frank Gordon Martini,' " he chuckles. "But nothing much can be done about the steaks, I'm afraid...
...Feehan persuaded the Abendzeitung (circ...
English-language column aimed at G.I.s and U.S. tourists. At first, the Americans were bored and Germans bristled. Finally, Feehan's sprightly prattle captured the city, and he became Munich's darling...
...Good Life. Riding his success, Feehan quit his job with RFE, now earns some $800 a month by outside projects, mostly writing German and American screenplays. His take from Munich-Go-Round: $40 a column, a pittance by U.S. standards, but the highest rate in Munich. On his combined earnings, Feehan lives with a stunning, British-born wife in a small house in Munich's fashionable Harlaching suburb. There Feehan throws cocktail parties for hordes of friends and contacts, happily moves through the crowds with a gallon of martinis (8-to-1) in one hand, and a gallon...
...occasion, Columnist Feehan turns into a mild crusader-he has berated Munich for its red-light district, chewed out American M.P.s who do not "help teen-age soldiers being openly exploited by hardened harlots." But, generally, Expatriate Feehan sticks to chiding German frauleins on their spraddle-footed dancing, and American housewives on their hair curlers, calling the roll of celebrities who pass through town, and pointing the way to good food and drink, e.g., for Balkan dishes, "go to Bei Milan's in the shadow of the Rathaus...