Photos of the 2010 Oakland Indie Awards celebration.

What’s Oakland know about hoedowns? Apparently a lot. So many people are raising chicken and making honey and sewing their own clothes that we’re gonna have a day to celebrate all things homegrown and handmade in Oakland. This Saturday at Jack London Square.

We love our local businesses – and the character of Oakland they represent. So who better to start our coverage of the people behind our great neighborhood businesses than Tina “Tamale” Ramos – a third generation co-owner and spokesperson of her family’s business, La Borinqueña Mexicatessen. And boy, does she know some history.