Exporting Originals (not Modified) from iPhoto 09 to Adobe Lightroom 2

Hi all.
What is the best way (if any) to export photos in the Originals folder of iPhoto into Lightroom 2 and:
1. Keep keywords
2. Keep similar organization to "events" (e.g. an event called Fall 2009 in iPhoto would create a folder within a LR catalog just like that one with the same photos).
I have seen exporters that aren't supported for iPhoto 09, have seen tutorials, but none of them talk about preserving the keywords in the transition, for instance.
Thanks.

You can't from iPhoto +into Lightroom+. What you do is export to Folders of images. Then you can import those to Lr.
To export Originals:
File -> Export: in the resulting dialogue select: Kind: Original
You cannot export Originals with keywords - why? Because if you add keywords they are not Originals. When iPhoto exports the Original that's exactly what you get, the pic as shot in your camera.
Keep similar organization to "events"...
Export each event at a time to a separate folder. Then import that folder to Lr.
Regards
TD

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