PR, Politics and A Pinata – The Right Mix For This Birthday Party.

One of the city’s top-notch public relations professionals celebrated her birthday Saturday night and the party attracted a mix of political leaders, popular movers and shakers, along with a brightly colored pinata nicknamed Todd.

Cindy Clifford of the Clifford Group knows how to bring together a diverse group of clients and close friends under one roof. The birthday celebration – which included dancing to a live band and a tower of cupcakes – was held at El Real Tex-Mex Cafe in  Montrose.

The A-List crowd included Houston city council member-elect Ellen Cohen, State Rep. Carol Alvarado and Mini Timmaraju of Planned Parenthood, METRO’s Russ Frank, Jason Fuller, Regional Director for U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Clear Channel VP Lee Vela and his wife Corinne, Dana Kervin of the Houston Realtor Association, Federal Judge Vanessa Gilmore, Congressman Al Green, Justice of the Peace Zinetta Burney and several Houston city council members celebrating last Tuesday’s election results.

By the way, “Todd the Pinata” is named after an artist in Seattle. Jason Fuller bought one of his painting’s for Cindy.

I have a feeling both Todd and the painting will hanging around for a long time.