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Tony Romo was among the Dallas Cowboys who turned up at N9NE Steakhouse in Victory Park on Monday night to help one of his offensive lineman celebrate a milestone.

Offensive tackle Marc Colombo is about to turn 30 – on Oct. 8, to be precise. About 50 people came to a surprise birthday party for the 315-pound Boston College alum. His wife, Jessica, was on hand. (The couple has a 9-month-old daughter, Olivia.) Lots of friends and family flew in from Boston for the occasion.

His teammates were hard to miss as they walked into the downtown eatery. There was 340-pound tackle Flozell Adams, 316-pound center Andre Gurode, 294-pound guard Kyle Kosier, 354-pound guard Leonard Davis and 297-pound center Cory Procter.

Also on hand were tight end Jason Witten, wide receiver Miles Austin, linebacker Zach Thomas and linebacker DeMarcus Ware , as well as former Cowboys Marco Rivera and Dan Campbell.

What does a crew like that eat? There was filet mignon and New York strip, Kobe beef sliders and rock shrimp, all washed down with Robert Hall cabernet.

As the group sat down to watch a birthday video made by Jessica Colombo, they munched on campfire s'mores and Cowboys-blue cotton candy.

Former Gen. Tommy Franks had his finger on the zeitgeist when he gave the keynote address Friday night at the 25th anniversary gala for the National Center for Policy Analysis, a locally based think tank.

"The NCPA is in Dallas," Gen. Franks observed. "The Congress is in Washington. The NCPA provides the solutions, the Congress provides the problems." Much laughter ensued.

Jere Thompson, a pillar of 7-Eleven's founding Thompson family, was honored as the only original NCPA board member still serving.

Add nightclub entrepreneur to the lengthy résumé of Dallas event planner Todd Fiscus. He is operating the very chic, very sophisticated new club, PM, underneath the Joule hotel. When the house lights are turned on, most clubs are little more than black walls and a concrete floor. But with the help of decorator Rob Dailey, Todd has spent some serious bank to create an intimate, 1,500-square-foot escape where Errol Flynn or George Clooney would feel at home.

Former Cosby kid Malcolm-Jamal Warner made himself at home at the Fairmont last weekend. The one-time Theo Huxtable checked into the downtown hotel while he was in town to host last weekend's season-opening program at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters.