My wife and I are in upper PA for Christmas, and we're on our way home tomorrow. We thought we'd spend a day in Philly since neither of us have been there.

She would like to do the "historical" thing, Independence Hall, etc. I want to do the "cheese steak" thing - meaning I don't care what we see as long as I have a few good days of indigestion afterward.

1) When I'm down near IH, what should we see?

2) I found a website www.bestcheesesteaks.com that seems to point me, not to Pat's, Geno's, or Jim's, but rather to Mama's Pizzeria on Belmont Ave. Anyone else have other favorites?

Take a guided bus tour.

The Philadelphia Art Museum is not far from Independence Hall. I would take some time to go there.

A word of warning though. That damn city is a bitch to navigate through.

If you've never been, it's a pretty cool place. I only ended up spending 5-6 hours there before we pointed the cage homeward. I wish I had more time.

Philly is a pita to navigate around. Fortunately I had the wife's Accord with navi, so that made it a breeze. I would definitely bring a nuvi or whatever to get around town though.

We had enough time to see Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and then hiked up to Reading Terminal market. That's a great place that you should see. Tons of good food in there. And yes, thanks to Rick's Cheesesteaks (grandson of Pat Oliveri) I had a pretty good cheesesteak before I left town.

Next time I'll have to hit the art museum, spend time in Chinatown, see Edgar Allan Poe's house, etc.