Gorgeous! 
Making our way back to the sketchiness that is the NYC subway system where we'd part ways she gave me some of the best advice for a new New Yorker.
"Listen to your instincts.
If it feels like something isn't right, it isn't."
I don't know how many times I've heard her words echo in my head seconds before I dart away from where my instincts say somethings about to go down.
Like when I crossed the street only to look back and see a mugging and other times, too...
I think living in a city with so many people requires you to turn your instincts up a higher level than other places. Not that you're completely safe anywhere, but in NYC anything can happen any time.
After spending a nice chunk of my life here, I try not to get into situations where self defense might be required, but I've found that tuning into your instincts will serve you well as a first line.
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Thistles are awesome. 
They're beautiful, but are clearly quite capable of tending to their own defense.
Here, have yo self a juicy little history nugget:
In 1540, King James V established the Order of the Thistle. He and his 12 knights wore a badge depicting a star, a thistle and the words "no one harms me without punishment."
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