Bootstrap CSS Alignment - html

Question

I have been trying to get some alignment to work but I am having a hard time being successful. I'm not sure if there is already a CSS style in bootstrap for vertical alignment or not but that is what I am trying to accomplish.
I have a DIV (.well class) with an image and some text inside it. The Image aligns fine as its responsive so the height and placement is good. However, I am trying to align the button and Text vertically in the middle.
Here is a jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/6z9skpeh/
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="well wellFriends">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-4 friendPic">
<img src="http://oi62.tinypic.com/289j41s.jpg" class="img-responsive">
</div>
<div class="col-md-8 friendDetails">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6"><strong>Bob Smith</strong>
<br><em>Department Name</em>
</div>
<div class="col-md-5 pull-right">
<!-- Single button -->
<div class="btn-group pull-right">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle pull-right" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">Friends <span class="caret"></span>
</button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
<li>Action
</li>
<li>Another action
</li>
<li>Something else here
</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Separated link
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
This is what I have so far:
This is what I am trying to do:

Answer 1

You can try like this: demo
css:
.v_align {
font-size: 0;
}
.v_align >[class*="col"] {
float: none;
font-size: 14px;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
HTML:
<div class="row v_align">..</div>