HI as in Holiday Inn or Hampton Inn? Both are actually not too far a walk from Costco (within 5 minutes). You'll find Richmond is very asian (or rather more specifically, Chinese) thus food and shopping seems to reflect that. You can find the normal N. American chain junk/fast foods but most of the other individual restaurants will most likely be asian. You can get "western" seafood (think deep-fried) down in Steveston (SW corner of the 'burb). Chinese seafood can be found virtually anywhere. Finer non-Asian dining will be found in Vancouver proper otherwise. As far as women's clothes go, it seems anything bigger than size 6 in Richmond is huge. Not sure if it's the same for men but there are "big 'n tall" stores if that's what you need.