Like Caspar, I sometimes get to see the sun rising. Only I get to see it rising over Queens from the Roosevelt Island Tram on the days that I'm too lazy to tackle the 59th St Bridge. Either way, I have a great commute. You might want to also check out <<Living Car Free>> for the times when your commute just isn't quite enough riding and you have to pick up some groceries.
As was mentioned earlier, you probably won't save any money by riding to work. The money that would have gone to car fare gets recycled into bicycle bling :-)