When Lu Sevier found a group of guys who liked the same kind of music she liked, with whom she had a connection, and with whom she could make music, it was not something she was going to let get away from her.

Re-runs still occasionally play of La Caraqueña’s appearance on “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” a Food Network TV show that highlights the best in each category at restaurants across the nation. It’s probably the restaurant’s location that landed La Caraqueña on the show and earned it the somewhat dubious distinction of a dive – it’s situated in a ground-level corner of the Stratford Motor Lodge motel. If the word “dive” conjures up thoughts of dingy interiors and questionable grub for those who’ve seen the show and want to check out La Caraqueña, though, any such concerns are quickly put out of mind with a visit to this Latin American restaurant.

You could pick up an album by The Infamous Stringdusters at an indie record shop. You could download a few tracks online. You could even catch their new music video on YouTube. But the real deal, says upright bassist Travis Book, is what happens when he and his string-picking bluegrass brethren get on stage. “You can only get the real thing in one place,” Book said, “and that’s wherever the five of us are.”

Almost, Maine is a town of just that: Almost. Almost love, almost heartbreak, and almost getting concussed from several hits to the head with an ironing board. This adorable winter’s evening was Falls Church High School’s production of “Almost, Maine.”