More birthday coverage for former Mayor Bob
Shelby Hodge reports on former Mayor Bob Lanier's birthday bash:
How sweet it was for former Mayor Bob Lanier -- surrounded by 500 friends, praised on video by President George W. Bush along with 41 and 42, and saluted personally by Mayor Bill White and two former mayors. Birthdays don't get much better.
Lanier stepped out in a snappy pin-striped suit last week for his 80th birthday fest in the Lanier Ballroom of the Hilton Americas Houston.
Elyse Lanier orchestrated the invitation-only dinner that paid homage to the former mayor for his years of public service. She decorated the ballroom in thousands of roses (his favorite flower) and oversaw the fast-paced program that included the lighthearted video with presidential sound bites and a playful musical review by Sharon Montgomery.
Elyse Lanier is a little bit like former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders -- you just don't realize how much entertainment you've been missing until she pops back into the news from time to time.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/17/05 09:54 PM | Print | Comments (0)
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