<!--First use a • character and style that with color:blue.
Then it might be best to try valign="top" on both cells.
Alterntively consider using the style mso-line-height-rule:exactly; and setting the line-height on both cells to the image height or larger... till happy with the layout.
The line-height style will serve you well. -->
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="169" align="left" class="eventAttr">
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;line-height: 18px; font-size:18px; color: blue; ">• </td>
<td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:14px; color:#232323; font-weight:bold; mso-line-height-rule:exactly; line-height: 18px;">Arial bold 14px</td>
</tr>
</table>