Painting by the lovely Britt Miller

When the president tells you to do something, you do it. Luckily for us, our POTUS is also a Geek in Chief, and recently launched a tourism-boosting initiative called #visitUS, tying together the White House’s tricked-out Foursquare page and multitude of social media accounts.

We’ve been dreaming of a Philadelphia foursquare badge for years, but now that’s a real possibility. Foursquare’s jumping on the #visitUS train, asking users to curate city-specific lists with the best hometown spots the world should know about. From now until Feb. 3, you’ve got a chance to create your own visitors’ guide, add tips, photos and gain followers. Foursquare will then pick the three most amazing lists and create city badges for them (Move over Seattle!)

We’ve made two lists and hope you’ll follow them (we promise there are only a few tourist traps). To help us make the Brotherly Love or Geekadelphia badges a reality, we’d love it if you share with friends, check in, tweet, shout, hashtag, Facebook, e-mail, blog, send smoke signals and @-reply the mayor. Then head to the streets and check out the venues for yourself!

GEEKADELPHIA: Geekiest Places in Philly! Philadelphia has such a vibrant techie and creative community. You can’t ignore innovation that goes all the way back to Ben Franklin! We’ve curated 30 of our favorite geeky spots.

Badge of Brotherly Love: Must-see places to eat, visit, see, learn, explore and experience in Philadelphia, from historical venues to gourmet restaurants to boutique shopping.

Think you’d like to try it for yourself? See below the jump for instructions on how to make your own list.

1. Go to Foursquare.com/lists and create a list with your city name and the hashtag #visitUS.

2. Add 20-30 of your town’s best spots, with a variety of venues like your favorite bars and restaurants, monuments, museums and shops.

3. Fill out your list with useful tips and photos.

4. Promote and gain followers!

5. Submit your list here by Feb. 3.